Save the date for the 2027 Earth System Governance conference, taking place 20-24 September 2027, at Uppsala University, Sweden.

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Welcome to the @esgproject.bsky.social global conference at @uu.se in September 2027. Save the date and spread the word - to save the world!

📫 Our March newsletter is out now! We reveal where the 2027 conference will be held, and much more... Read the full newsletter: ui.ungpd.com/Issues/f0039...

🌱 Can #seed regulation expand access while restricting #farmers’ own seed practices? Erik Delaquis et al. show how cassava governance in the Greater #Mekong reveals tensions between harmonization, property rights, and farmer-led seed commons. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

👥 How is citizen participation embedded in #climate #adaptation laws and policy? Nadejda Komendantova et al. show EU, Germany & Spain rely on mid-level engagement, with gaps in access, feedback & funding, and call for reforms to close the participation gap. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌱 When does isolated #climate action “densify” into durable forms of climate agency? @stefanaykut.bsky.social @antjewiener.bsky.social propose a framework to study when climate action stabilizes, expands, and institutionalizes into lasting capacities. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🛰️ Who controls the infrastructures behind #Earth–space sustainability? @frabitz.bsky.social et al. show that, aside from #China, the #GlobalSouth is largely excluded from #satellite manufacturing & operational control, concentrating power in a few states. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Early-bird fees until March 31rd for the summer school 'Climate Action Beyond Governments: Assessing and Strengthening Integrity': www.ru.nl/en/education...

Read the key insights from our first 'Spotlight on Early Career Publications' by Liza Khmara: www.earthsystemgovernance.org/news/spotlig...

📚 New book review 🌍 Coralie Boulard & Valeria Zambianchi review Overshoot by Andreas Malm and @wimcarton.bsky.social, unpacking the idea that #climate targets can be temporarily exceeded on the promise of future carbon removals. 🔗 Read the review here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🎯 Do global goals reshape corporate practice? Elizabeth A. Bennett finds the #SDGs accelerated the #LivingWage movement, shifting priorities and mobilizing resources. Yet worker gains remain limited, with progress also shaped by due diligence and ESG norms. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📫February newsletter in mailboxes and online now Read it here: ui.ungpd.com/Issues/03537...

📊 Working on an exciting new dataset? We want to hear from you! 📣 The ESG Journal is launching a new manuscript type – “Dataset Insights” – dedicated to showcasing datasets. Submit yours. 🔗 More information here: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/eart...

Working on a new dataset related to Earth governance? The @esg-journal.bsky.social is launching a new manuscript type, called “Dataset Insights”. Submit yours. More information here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @esgproject.bsky.social @isaess.bsky.social

🌡️ Why does #climate #adaptation keep lagging behind accelerating risks? 🔒 Nicolas Jager et al. argue that adaptation lock-ins create self-reinforcing dynamics that trap institutions in incremental, maladaptive pathways widening the adaptation gap. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

SUMMER SCHOOL CLIMATE ACTION BEYOND GOVERNMENTS (22-26 Jun'26) Business,cities,& civ.society are stepping up, but greenwashing concerns are rising. Work on integrity challenges, and codevelop roadmaps (e.g.,for cities,businesses) Register by: 15May; Radboud Univ.(NL),more: www.ru.nl/en/education...

🚉 Can a #wellbeing economy reshape #transport governance? Querine Kommandeur analyses how #Wales institutionalises wellbeing discourse. While discourse and procedures shift, power and resources lag, revealing uneven change. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

⚖️ Can #JustTransition delay #climate action? Steven J. Harry & @tomasmaltby.bsky.social show how union inclusion (Norway) and exclusion (UK) both produce climate delay in North Sea #energy politics through different mechanisms. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌍 How do #LeastDevelopedCountries engage with #UNFCCC transparency arrangements? Rahwa Kidane et al. examine factors that enable/hinder engagement in #Ethiopia and show it doesn’t directly shape domestic decisions, but may normalize mitigation-focused action. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌊 How do states compete to legitimize environmental risk? Chenxi Sun et al. show how #Japan framed #Fukushima water discharge as “scientific safety,” while #China countered with an “environmental justice” frame stressing risk and responsibility. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📫First newsletter of 2026 - filled with network news, publications and opportunities. We are also happy to announce that we welcomed a record of 103 new Research Fellows last year - bringing us to over 700 members!

📢 New paper where @henrikselin.bsky.social & @noelleselin.bsky.social question the conceptual and political usefulness of applying the planetary boundary framework to chemical pollution, warning it may hinder inclusive and effective governance.

🛞 Who should be accountable for #microplastics from everyday product use? Peter Dauvergne argues that tire wear—one of the largest sources—cannot be addressed by consumer responsibility. He calls for international standards and extended producer responsibility 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Apply to become a Research Fellow with us. A global research network connecting scholars from the social sciences and humanities, and across disciplines, working from local to global scales on environmental change and governance. Learn more & apply: www.earthsystemgovernance.org/apply-to-bec...

Happy to announce the publication of an open-access article discussing alternatives to the planetary boundaries framework that can better enhance science-policy linkages for chemicals governance co-authored with @noelleselin.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🎯🌍 Is goal-setting an effective strategy for global sustainability governance? This new special issue takes stock of a decade of #SDGs implementation, asking what goal-setting has actually delivered for global sustainability—and where its limits lie: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Don't forget to submit your contributions to the 2026 Bath Conference on Earth System Governance 🌍 Deadline: 15 January 2026 Individual papers, panel proposals and innovative sessions are welcome. For more details and submission guidelines: www.earthsystemgovernance.org/2026-bath/

⚖️ #Equity and the #GlobalStocktake (GST) Sonja Klinsky et al. assess whether the first Global Stocktake (2023) was conducted “in the light of equity.” Despite procedural innovations, equity was only weakly integrated, with lessons for future GST cycles. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌍 Can Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) advance ecological goals? @nicolaslaurence.bsky.social shows that ecological concerns in SDR debates are reframed as issues of liquidity and debt, making them visible but limiting their transformative power. Article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌱 Why do local sustainability efforts stall over time? Lisa Wälitalo et al. identify 8 conditions for continuity—from active leadership & communication to inclusiveness & capacity-building—based on long-term action research in Sweden & Finland. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧭 How do side events shape global environmental negotiations? Chloé Taillandier et al. review 31 studies to show that side events at MEA #COPs fulfil 26 distinct functions—from agenda-setting to long-term impacts—yet remain understudied beyond the #UNFCCC. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌿 How do voluntary vs national #SustainabilityStandards differ? Muhamad Amin Rifai et al. examine Indonesia’s palm oil and tea sectors. VSS are stricter, but NSS increasingly converge; markets drive VSS adoption while regulatory compliance drives NSS. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📬 The December edition of the Earth System Governance Newsletter is here! Packed with community news, key announcements, and opportunities across the ESG network. Read it here: mailchi.mp/earthsystemg... Sign up here: earthsystemgovernance.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

Don't forget to submit your contributions to the 2026 Bath Conference on Earth System Governance 🌍 Deadline: 15 January 2026 Individual papers, panel proposals and innovative sessions are welcome. For more details and submission guidelines: www.earthsystemgovernance.org/2026-bath/

📢 Student essay competition on environmental agreements. 🥇 The Ronald Mitchell Prize 📅 Deadline : Feb 1, 2026 💰 500 $ ℹ️ www.iea.ulaval.ca/en/essay-com... @isaess.bsky.social @esgproject.bsky.social @gepjournal.bsky.social

📣 The Call for Papers for the 2026 Bath Conference on Earth System Governance is now open. The main conference will be held from 8–10 September 2026, in the city of Bath. Submission deadline: 15 January 2026 Learn more and submit your abstract: bit.ly/4s4Q5KX @esgproject.bsky.social

🌱 How do conservation laws treat ecosystem (dis)services? Daya Subedi et al. review 111 laws in Nepal and find ecosystem services are increasingly included, but disservices rarely noted. Policies lean toward commercial conservation, sidelining local communities. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📣 Call for Paper for the 2026 Bath Conference from @esgproject.bsky.social is open! Theme: Building Just & Sustainable Futures for Planetary Integrity 🗓 8–10 Sept, UK 📩 Submission deadline: 15/01/26 Find out the different streams and submission types, here👇 www.greendealnet.eu/Call-for-pap...

📬 The November edition of the Earth System Governance Newsletter is here! Packed with community news, key announcements, and opportunities across the ESG network. Read it here: mailchi.mp/earthsystemg... Sign up here: earthsystemgovernance.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

📢 New paper out by @anoukfransen.bsky.social, @harrietbulkeley.bsky.social & Jeffrey Blackwatters on the contested concept of "transformative change" for global #environmental governance. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌍 Open Call: 2026 Bath Conference @esgproject.bsky.social is accepting submissions for its global gathering in Bath, UK – 8–10 Sept 2026. Theme: Building Just & Sustainable Futures for Planetary Integrity 📅 Submission deadline: 15 Jan 2026 🔗 Learn more: earthsystemgovernance.org/2026-bath/ca...

Completed special issue “Locating the ‘Global South’ in Earth System Governance”. The issue unpacks key issues related to the #GlobalSouth in sustainability science and governance and is a product of the ESG South-South Initiative. Read the editorial: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Several Earth System Governance (ESG) Project members are present at #COP30 in Belém. Want to connect with the ESG community during the conference? We have gathered a list of researchers and ESG-related side events: www.earthsystemgovernance.org/news/earth-s...

🌍 Are annual UN climate COPs unsustainable? 💸 Thang Nam Do argues their carbon and financial cost limits low-income groups' participation and proposes biennial in-person COPs alternating with virtual sessions to free resources for inclusion & frontline action. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌱 What if states were reorganized into "ecosystem republics", governed by and for nature? Nupur Chowdhury proposes a Gandhian model of decentralized governance grounded in swaraj and ahimsa to protect ecological integrity. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢Call for Papers - 2026 Bath Conference on Earth System Governance Join us in Bath from 8–10 September under the theme “Building Just and Sustainable Futures for Planetary Integrity.” Submit your paper, panel, or innovative session proposal by 15 January. www.earthsystemgovernance.org/2026-bath/

☀️ How do NGOs shape the solar transition on the ground? Avri Eitan & Shira Bukchin-Peles show how NGOs in Israel’s solar sector act as regulatory intermediaries, bridging regulators, developers & communities to smooth governance frictions. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌏 How can property rights adapt to complex socio-ecological systems? Kaiwen Zhang et al. propose a layer recomposition framework that repackages rights by resource systems and ecosystem services, enabling modular, adaptive, and localized governance. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📬 The October edition of the Earth System Governance Newsletter is here! Packed with community news, key announcements, and opportunities across the ESG network. Read it here: mailchi.mp/earthsystemg...