⚖️ 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...

🐟 How do Indigenous and state systems coexist in governing salmon? Tatiana Degai et al. co-develop an analysis with Indigenous fishers & scholars on how Kamchatka’s communities navigate top-down Russian governance while sustaining traditional salmon practices. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📊 How do the #SDGs shape corporate behavior? Xue Ruo Ng et al. show how Malaysian firms’ voluntary disclosure of SDG 13 efforts links to stronger financial performance: narrowing info gaps, boosting investor confidence, & driving sustainability efforts. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🎥 #TCESG25 in 3 Minutes In August, we gathered in Johannesburg to reimagine how transformation happens. Imagination. Inquiry. Expression. Community. Nothing captures the energy like this film 👇 ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA8I... More from the gathering: 🌍 transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg-2025-...

📊 Launch of the Earth System Governance Data Directory A living and collaborative open-access resource to help researchers and practitioners find and share existing and upcoming datasets relevant to global environmental governance. 🔗 www.earthsystemgovernance.org/news/launch-...

⚖️ What notions of justice shape #SouthAfrica’s #EnergyTransition? Konrad Gürtler analyses debates on the #JETP. Interviews show claims to address past injustices, focus on international talks, and rising subnational concerns over infrastructure and ownership 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🐋 What does it mean to turn whales into assets? 📑 Valbona Muzaka reflects on the “whale bond,” a strange product of "speculative delirium". She highlights the fallacy of seeking escape by turning life and ecosystem services into asset forms. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🔬 Scientific advice in global environmental governance: how do bodies differ? Bridging epistemic communities & STS literatures, Veronique Fournier develops a new 4-type typology based on interaction & diversity, categorizing 14 MEA advisory bodies. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🍃 Fear, anger & anxiety are often seen as harmful in climate politics. Kristin Hällmark argues they can instead foster democratic engagement: fear re-politicizes debate, anger builds identities, and anxiety roots belonging in ecological interconnectedness. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

💡Global International Relations & #EarthSystemGovernance How can South-South perspectives reshape global governance & strengthen research networks? Report from the South-South Initiative webinar that gathered scholars and students from India & Brazil 🔗 www.earthsystemgovernance.org/news/report-...

Looking for your next position in #EarthSystemGovernance? Our September newsletter is filled with 🔹11 PhD and 7+18 Postdoc positions 🔹13 Teaching and Senior roles ... and a myriad of other opportunities for #ECR and researchers across career stages Find them here 🔗 mailchi.mp/earthsystemg...

🌡️The ESG Project has partnered with the CLIMES 2026 interdisciplinary conference on "Climate impacts in a changing world" taking place 9-11 March in Uppsala, Sweden. The call for abstracts is open now until 2 November: www.climes.se/event/impact...

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

🚨 New paper: Will global environmental governance survive Trump? @rakhyunkim.bsky.social and I argue that its high complexity makes it more resilient than other governance systems. We give hegemonic stability theory a complexity science twist. 📖 Open Access: doi.org/10.1111/1758...

📢 CfA: Two fully funded PhD positions on China’s Science Silk Road and the new geopolitics of knowledge. One on environmental issues🌱, the other on outer space 🚀 🎓 Competitive stipend 🌍 Intl project (Québec–Berlin–Oslo) Encourage your MA students to apply! www.cirgom.ulaval.ca/call-applica...

💡Ideas sparked at #TCESG25 are ready to grow! Special issues are open in Global Sustainability, Earth Stewardship, COSUST & Earth System Governance 📚Now’s the time to build on the ideas & connections that took shape during the conference! 🌱Explore more transformationscommunity.org/tc-esg25-pub...

#TCESG25 conference throwback - see all plenary sessions online: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

👋 Have something to share with the #EarthSystemGovernance network? Whether it’s an event, a job opportunity, or a new publication—let us help spread the word! 📩 Send your announcement to [email protected] to be featured in our September newsletter and connect with our global community.

🌏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...