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🌏ESG Project partners with the Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability for the #NERPS2026 conference: "Harnessing Technologies for Strengthening Multilateralism on Peace and Sustainability" 📍4-7 March 2026, Tokyo, Japan 📆 Call for abstracts: 15 Nov nerps.org/nerps-2026-c...

4 days. 400+ participants. 130+ sessions. 330+ speakers. 70+ countries. #TCESG25 brought science, policy, art & practice into tough but creative conversations on sustainability transformations ✨Highlights: Recordings | Gallery | Program+ arts & wellbeing: transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg-2025-...

🔥 Should climate harm be reframed as a mass atrocity? 📑 Gaspard Lemaire argues that terms like #GlobalWarming or #ClimateCrisis obscure victims' suffering. He proposes “climate atrocity” instead, clarifying responsibility for governance, law, & advocacy. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🏛️ Under what conditions do development programs institutionalise #RenewableEnergy? 🇮🇩 Jens Marquardt et al. study 3 programs in #Indonesia. They find rhetorical and some policy change, but little organisational uptake or mainstreaming of political practices. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🛰️ Can drones improve land-use planning? 🌏 Yilin Huang et al. show in 27 Lao villages that drone imagery supports participatory planning. Nadir images helped identify natural & built features. Oblique views aided self-localisation & contextual understanding. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚗⚡ Can subsidies secure low-carbon #EV supply chains? 🇨🇦 Chris Arsenault, Raphael Deberdt & Philippe Le Billon analyse #Canada’s case and find key challenges: some Indigenous communities' opposition to mining, limited policy understanding, & slowing EV demand 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌾 Can EU biodiversity rules change farming on the ground? Lucija Pečurlić et al. show that in Croatia 🇭🇷, agri-environmental schemes covered <2% of farmland. Weak institutions, scarce data & low capacity limited uptake, even after CAP reforms. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hundreds of #sustainability researchers and experts from across the globe will be hosted by the University in September 2026 for the the annual Earth System Governance conference. https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/university-of-bath-to-host-global-sustainability-conference-in-2026/

📢 Save the Date! The 2026 Bath Conference on Earth System Governance will be held: 🗓️ 7–11 September 2026 📍 University of Bath, UK Theme: Building Just and Sustainable Futures for Planetary Integrity 🌍✨ We look forward to welcoming researchers, policymakers & partners. More details soon! 🚀

📬 The August 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=...

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🌍 Exciting news! The 2026 Conference on Earth System Governance will be hosted by the University of Bath. 🎉 📽️ Watch the video to meet our host: youtu.be/A6lRo_wd9WQ Next year’s conference will be a key milestone in developing our next Science Plan. See you in Bath in 2026!

What an inspiring week at TCESG25 ✨ Huge thanks to Kyla Tienhaara, Bruce Goldstein, Laura Pereira, to our partners @transformationscommunity.org & Wits University, and supporting partners @idos-research.bsky.social, Nature Sustainability, @universitypress.cambridge.org, Earth Stewardship Science.

✨ Step into Art, Storytelling & Reflection at #TCESG25! Empatheatre presents Unruly, a performance exploring complexity & coexistence with nature. Other highlights: 🔺Live dialogue with Mpume Mthombeni 🔺Screening of Indlela Yokuphila 🔺Meaning ∞ Making Read more: mailchi.mp/transformati...

🌍 At the ECR Winter School in Kruger, 20 early career researchers are connecting, learning & sharing 📊 Day 2: Climate trends & projections for Southern Africa ⚖️ Day 3: Mitigation, adaptation & climate justice. 🐘 Drives in the park sparked fresh perspectives linking people & nature.

#TCESG25 is underway! Yesterday (Aug 18 – Day 0) opened 4 days of powerful dialogue on just & sustainable futures in Johannesburg. 🔗 Read in more detail about DAY 0 & DAY 1: transformationscommunity.org/news/day-1-t... 📸 Gallery from DAY 0: transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg25-gal...

🌍 A big thank you to the supporting partners of #TCESG25: 🔹 @idos-research.bsky.social 🔹 @natsustain.nature.com 🔹 @universitypress.cambridge.org 🔹 Earth Stewardship Your support strengthens our shared work toward just & sustainable futures.🌱

⚡ #TCESG25 Day 2 opened with UNRULY by Empatheatre x Unruly Project, blending theatre & research into one of the week’s highlights. Plenary Beyond Goals asked how we move from ambition to real change 🔗 transformationscommunity.org/news/tc-esg2... 📸 transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg25-gal...

Any ocean governance people in Johannesburg at the TC-ESG conference this week? Come join our session! Thursday August 21, 2025 08:30 - 10:00 SAST, more info here: lnkd.in/d2nvPh83 With: D.G: Webster, Leandra Gonçalves, Elizabeth Nyman, Vitor Renck & Rachel Bitoun #TCESG25 @esgproject.bsky.social

🌍 #TCESG25 kicks off tomorrow in Johannesburg! Day 0 brings: ✨ Pre-conference workshops ♻️ Turning Trash into Treasures tour 🥂 Welcome reception with gumboots dance We’re ready for 4 days of bold ideas & global connection. 🔗 Reflections from ECR School: transformationscommunity.org/news/wits-gc...

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⏳Just over a week until #TCESG25 We kick off on 18 Aug with half-day workshops — collaborative sessions before the main program 🔷 Meaning ∞ Making: arts-based tools for research, activism & justice 🔷 (Un)-Blanketing Indigenous Climate Observatories 🔗 transformationscommunity.org/tcesg25-work...

I uploaded a pre-print titled 'Non-Financial Disclosure for Climate Investment: A Case for a Political-Industrial Ecology Approach'. Available at SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=538... or dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn... (1/5)

📢 Now Available: Earth System Governance 2024 Annual Report Highlighting a year of dynamic research, global collaboration, and critical dialogue across the Earth System Governance network. 🔗https://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publication/2024-annual-report/

📗 New open access book 'Essential Concepts for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals' offers 100+ key terms to boost SDG action in a comprehensive yet user-friendly format. 👏 Edited by Biermann, Hickmann, Kang, Sénit & Sun 🔗 taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi... #SDGs #2030Agenda #OpenAccess

🧩 How does fragmented sustainability governance affect equity? Lisa Hiwasaki examines the #SDGs, #ParisAgreement, and Sendai Framework to assess how inequality and equity are addressed, and finds major gaps in language, alignment, and implementation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📡 Why do some climate linkages spread more than others? Karina Shyrokykh & @lisadellmuth.bsky.social use Twitter data to show how technical and emotional framings affect how climate-development and climate-disaster linkages travel across IOs. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🗳️ What if climate governance empowered citizens more? 🗣️ @nicolecurato.bsky.social et al. build on the Global Assembly on the Climate & Ecological Crisis to propose institutionalized citizen deliberation to boost legitimacy, solidarity, & civic voice. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Looking for your next research position? Our July newsletter is packed with #PhD, #Postdoc, #Research and #Teaching positions within #EarthSystemGovernance. See all opportunities 🔗 mailchi.mp/earthsystemg...

🌍 Registration Open: Lecture Series - Global Governance of the Earth System 8 lectures coordinated by Senior Research Fellow Rakhyun E. Kim at Utrecht University, but open for external students, academics and professionals. 📆Sep 2 – Oct 21, 10–12 CEST 🔗 www.earthsystemgovernance.org/education/

🌱 What’s holding back the land sector’s climate potential? 🔎 María José Sanz and Ana Karla Perea Blazquez analyse the global governance of agriculture, forestry, and land use, and find gaps in funding, standards, and coordination that limit climate mitigation. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our July newsletter is now out! @esgproject.bsky.social mailchi.mp/earthsystemg...

📬 The July 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=...

🌿 How do political authorities manage biodiversity conservation, and how do stakeholders respond? 🇮🇳 Justin Joseph et al. examine the securitization of the Western Ghats in Kerala, India & show how local audiences resist the securitization process. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌏 Symposium & Author Workshop on Earth System Law 📅 12–13 Nov 2025 (hybrid) Hosted by Wageningen University and Research (@w-u-r.bsky.social), Utrecht University (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social) and Colorado College 📝 Submit abstracts (~250 words) by 15 Sept 2025: forms.gle/Qm82ywtuYTFr...

📽️ New GEP Youtube video! Check out this stellar discussion between Associate Editor @yixiansun.bsky.social and GEP co-authors @jfmorin.bsky.social and @cyncouette.bsky.social on addressing the emerging #environmental problem of #spacedebris 🚀. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzR4...

Transformations Community‬ & @esgproject.bsky.social are grateful to our supporting partners for making #TCESG25 possible. Special thanks to German Institute of Development & Sustainability & @natsustain.nature.com as one of our key partners.Together we’re working towards a just & sustainable future

Postdoc Job: Just Transition. Come work with Amanda Tattersall and me at USYD, along with Jonathan Pickering and Madeline Taylor, on a 2-year project examining issues of justice and community benefit in transmission line regs, planning, siting. Info here: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

🌟Join us for the Conference Dinner! @Wits Global Change Institute presents #TCESG25: A Night Under the Stars at Indwe Park. Enjoy welcome drinks, Marimba band & South African braai 🗓20 Aug📍Indwe Park ⏰17:30 – 22:00 🎟 Register: app.glueup.com/event/138636... Let’s celebrate connection, art & nature!

🌱 Why do farmers change land-use practices? Elsa Dingkuhn et al. find that: 📍Social context shapes outcomes more than governance tools 🧰 Regulation works best when combined with soft instruments ⚖️ Multiple tools create synergies, but also contradictions 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📣 Got an env governance dataset others should know about? We’re building the ESG Data Directory—an open resource to make datasets more visible and usable, esp. for early-career researchers. 🔗 Submit: forms.gle/8tRFuV4Ubx7L... 🔗 Become an ESG Fellow: www.earthsystemgovernance.org/apply-to-bec...

🚨Guest Passes Available for #TCESG25! Whether attending for 3 days or just 1, join experts & researchers exploring sustainability & global impact 🌍 Register transformationscommunity.org/tcesg25-regi... Join for a conference dinner at Indwe Park, with welcome drinks, live music & traditional SA braai

🌐 How has the Earth Commission defined just planetary boundaries? Joyeeta Gupta et al. document its work using the Earth System Justice framework: – Justice needs 9 criteria – 11–84% people face harm beyond just limits – Even 1% harm implies radical change 📄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌍 How do National Adaptation Plans address human mobility? Jesse Keenan et al. analyse 57 NAPs and find: – Human mobility is often mentioned, but concrete actions are rare – Key conflicts on land, property & institutions go unaddressed 📄 Read open access here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🔁 Do multi-stakeholder partnerships on #SDGs drive real systems change? Montserrat Koloffon Rosas analyses 35 MSPs and finds that while they target several intervention points, they often overlook the deepest ones needed for a more profound transformation. 📄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🇮🇳 How did India reshape global climate norms? @chrishoehne.bsky.social on the 2007 Bali Conference finds India: – Pushed domestic views on forests & mitigation – Reframed norms to match national priorities – Asserted Global South as norm-maker 📄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌐 Who produces knowledge on the #GlobalSouth? P. Mazzega et al. analyse ~17k articles (1994–2024): – Global North dominates authorship & funding – South Africa, India, China & Brazil gaining ground – GS institutions still underrepresented in top journals 📄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📖 What can #Agenda21 teach us about the #SDGs? Mark Elder & Susanne Grünewald show: – SDGs build more on Agenda 21 than often acknowledged – Its broad, integrated vision shaped today’s goals – Overlooked lessons matter for post-2030 debates 📄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...