esd.copernicus.org
Earth System Economics: a bio-physical approach to the human component ...
2 Guiding principles of Earth System Economics In a nutshell, ESE aims to quantify the physical reality of the human-Earth system (state variables), how the physical state is 90 dynamically altered by human actions (activities) and what the result is on the quality of human life (subjective experience). These are detailed in part 3.