📢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...

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...

👋 Have something to share with the #EarthSystemGovernance community? 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 August newsletter and connect with our global community.

⏳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...