
The Lancet Planetary Health Publication
An academic publication of the Doughnut to coincide with the release of the book Doughnut Economics

Version 2.0 (Oct 2025)
Please note that the quantitative assessment underpinning the Doughnut was updated in 2025, which supersedes the information on this page. For the latest assessment results, visit the 'What is the Doughnut?' page.
Overview
This open-access academic publication published in 2017, entitled 'A Doughnut for the Anthropocene: Humanity's Compass in the 21st Century' was published to accompany the publication of the 2017 book Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think like a 21st-Century Economist.
In this paper, Kate Raworth introduces the core concept of the Doughnut as well as a detailed discussion and rationale for selecting the indicators in the 2017 version of the Doughnut of social and planetary boundaries.
The publication is available online in the Lancet Planetary Health journal here, and available as a PDF below.
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christophe ginguene
Fougères, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
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Ed Jarvis
St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
After 20 years as a senior programme manager at PwC, most recently leading PwC's Social Value Transformation, and in the context of a Climate and Nature Crisis that is unfurling right now, I want to help build a regenerative world. A world where human connection and experiences are valued more than consumption and materialism, and where our species can live in a regenerative way with nature and the environment. I see Donut Economics as a fundamental part of how we do this as a species.
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anabel lopez
toulouse, france
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Benedicte Deryckere
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Saul Whitford
Downderry
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Keiko Okura
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Carl Malbrain
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Gentiana Nasi
City of London, England, United Kingdom
I am Gena; have lived in lots of places and am currently in London. I identify myself as a platonist and my focus is to dedicate my energy to "the true", "the good" and "the beautiful". Understanding the nature of reality and helping perpetuate the above triad with every decision I take can be undeniably challenging. Often intent guides actions, and I used to think that constant and conscious alignment with the intent is bound to derive the desired manifestation. However, our world is complex, and often the right intent isn't sufficient - our actions, although well intended, have unintended consequences and externalities, and the incentives society, business and culture project upon us often derive undesired results. This realisation has recently guided me towards learning more about systems thinking, complexity science, sustainability, circular economy and also to joining this community.
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