What does this research mean for the field?

Establishing 'economic climatology'—which treats the climate system as a non-negotiable physical boundary rather than an external economic variable—provides a quantifiable framework and operating system to transcend zero-sum carbon politics in global governance. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.ESTABLISHES_NEW_DIRECTION.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To establish economic climatology as a new field that integrates economic systems with climate laws to promote sustainability.

June 1, 2026Open Access

Prosperity Within Planetary Boundaries: An Introduction to Economic Climatology(Prim-Lex)

Key Points

To establish economic climatology as a new field that integrates economic systems with climate laws to promote sustainability.
Introduced five climate laws and operational models for economic practices.
Developed the Global Climate Carrying Capacity Account (GC⁴A) as the main framework.
Utilized multiple empirical cases for applications in regulation and governance.
Proposed models facilitate better regional regulation and industrial hedging.
Established a theoretical foundation for ongoing research in economic climatology.
Highlights the potential for a collaborative prosperity model that aligns with environmental limits.

Abstract

The current global economic governance is deeply mired in a zero sum game of "carbon politics", rooted in treating climate as an external economic variable rather than a physical boundary. This article declares the birth of economic climatology (Prim-Lex) - a decentralized ,systematic new science that supports the prosperity of Earth civilization. Its core concept is "climate as law, economy as use", establishing climate laws as non-negotiable ultimate constraints. Based on the subjectivity and regularity of the climate system as the first principle, a "Global Climate Carrying Capacity Account (GC⁴A)" is constructed as the core framework, proposing five climate laws and five quantifiable operational models: Regional Economic Metabolism Hardtop Model (REMC), Capital Market Condensation Height Model (CLL), Global Climate Security Operating Space License Framework (GCSOS), Regional Carbon Endowment Balance Sheet (RCE-B/S), and Gaia Regional Economic Adjustment Index (G-REMI). Using multiple empirical cases from both domestic and international sources, demonstrate the application paths of the model in regional regulation, industrial hedging, and global governance. Economic climatology (Prim-Lex) aims to provide a "natural law" operating system that transcends politics, ushering in a new era of collaborative prosperity under climate constraints. As a pioneering work, this article lays a theoretical foundation for subsequent series of research, including model deepening, therapeutic upgrading, blockchain integration, etc.

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