Short Profile:

Dr. J. David Tàbara is an independent researcher associated to the Global Climate Forum and the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He has 30 years’ experience of EU international research on  sustainable development and  and climate strategies. He has published extensively on knowledge integration methods sustainability (over 100 publications), with particular attention to questions of public perception, social learning, communication and public participation for sustainable transformations. He contributed to the first book on Public Participation in Sustainability Science (Cambridge University Press 2003). Within GCF he acted as executive Coordinator of the EU project Global Systems Dynamics and Policy which led to the development of the first EU Orientation Paper on Global Systems Science  (www.gsdp.eu/workshops) and as the Principal Investigator of the EU project TIPPING+ on positive tipping points in coal and carbon intensive regions (https://tipping-plus.eu/publications).

Among other issues, his research focused on the assessment of win-win and transformative solutions to support sustainable climate action (GREEN-WIN project: www.green-win-project.eu), the development of a novel science-policy approach called Transformative Climate Science (TSC) and the emergence of positive tipping points in conditions of high-end climate change (IMPRESSIONS project: www.impressions-project.eu; www.highendsolutions.eu/). More recently, he is involved in identifying transformative pathways synergising climate and biodiversity actions under through the lens of regenerative sustainability (TRANSPATH project: https://transpath.eu).

Latest publications include:

• 1. Gupta, J., Bai, X., Liverman, D., Rockström J, Qin, D., Stewart-Koster, B., Rocha, J. C., Jacobson L., Abrams J. F., Andersen, L.S., Armstrong McKay D.I., Bala, G., Bunn S.E.,  Ciobanu, D., DeClerck, F., Ebi K.L., Gifford, L., Gordon C., Hasan, S. Kanie, N., Lenton, T. M., Loriani, S. Mohamed A., Nakicenovic, N., Obura D., Ospina D.,Prodani K., Rammelt, C. Sakschewski, B., Scholtens, J., Tharammal, T., van Vuuren, D., Verburg P.H., Winkelmann R., Zimm, C., Bennett E., Bjørn, A., Bringezu, S., Broadgate, W., Bulkeley H., Crona B., Green P., Hoff, H., Huang, L. Hurlbert, M., Inoue,  Y.A.,  Kilkiş, S.,  Lade, S. J. Liu, J., Nadeem, I., Ndehedehe, C., Chukwumerije, O.. Otto. I.M., Pedde, S., Pereira, L., Schulte-Uebbing, L. Tàbara, J.D., de Vries, W., Whiteman G., Xiao C., Xu, X., Zafra-Calvo, N., Zhang, X., Fezzigna, P., Gentile, G. 2024. A just world on a safe planet: Earth system boundaries, translations and transformations. The Lancet Planetary Health. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519624000421; https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(24)00042-1 ;
  2. Tàbara, J. D. Positive Tipping points towards global regenerative systems. Earth System Dynamics, 15(4):853–857. https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-15-853-2024
  3. Tàbara J.D., Flamos, A., Mangalagiu, D., Michas, S. (eds). 2024. Positive tipping points towards sustainability. Understanding the Conditions and Strategies for Fast Decarbonization in Regions. Springer. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-50762-5
  1. Tàbara, J. D. 2023. Regenerative sustainability. Towards a relational model of possibilities for the emergence of positive tipping points. Environmental Sociology, 9(4).     https://doi.org/10.1080/23251042.2023.2239538
  5. Gupta J., Prodani K., Bai X., Gifford L., Lenton T.,  Otto I., Pereira L. Rammelt C., Scholtens J., Tàbara J.D., Earth system boundaries and Earth system justice: Sharing our ecospace. Environmental Politics. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2023.2234794
  6. Gupta, J., Liverman D., Prodani K., Aldunce P., Bai X., Broadgate W., Ciobanu D., Gifford L., Gordon C., Hurlbert M. , Inoue C.Y.A., Jacobson L., Kanie N., Lade S., Lenton T., Obura D., Okereke C., Otto I.M., Pereira L., Rockström J., Scholtens J., Rocha J., Stewart-Koster B., Tàbara J. D., Rammelt C., Verburg P. 2023. Earth System Justice needed to identify and live within Earth System Boundaries. Nature – Sustainability.
     https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-023-01064-1

  Gupta J, Liverman D, Bai X, Gordon C, Hurlbert M, Inoue CYA, Jacobson L,Kanie N, Lenton TM, Obura D, Otto IM, Okereke C, Pereira L, Prodani K, Rammelt C, Scholtens J, Tàbara JD, Verburg PH, Gifford L, Ciobanu D. 2021. Reconciling safe planetary targets and planetary justice: Why should social scientists engage with planetary targets? Earth System Governance 100122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2021.100122

See full CV: CV & Publications -J David Tàbara – 2024