🐋 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...

⚖️ 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...

Just out! 🚨 Together with my excellent co-author @Hyeyoon Park, I published a new article on how global green finance governance institutions frame climate risks (1/3)

🏛️ 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...

🔥 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...

🛰️ 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...

⚖️ How do states link climate action and inequality? 📜 @mjernnas.bsky.social analyses #NDCs under the #ParisAgreement and shows how states portray interactions and what opportunities and challenges exist for including inequalities in future #NDCs. 🔗 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...

🗳️ 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...

🌱 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...

📡 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...

🧩 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...

🌿 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...

🌱 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...

🤖 How can Digital Twins (DTs) reconfigure environmental governance? Paulan Korenhof et al. show that DTs reshape info, communication & control; raising concerns about transparency, equity & democratic legitimacy. 🔗 Read the article here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

⚡ What makes the South African Just Energy Transition Partnership (#JETP) work? Heiner von Lüpke shows how: – Shared norms build mutual trust – Institutionalisation fosters legitimacy Together, these factors help promote donor-recipient cooperation. 📄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌍 Should ethnic and racial inequalities be a #SDG? T. G. Galvão et al. examine Brazil’s proposal for a new SDG 18 and: – Center ethnic and racial inequalities – Draw on Black and Indigenous thinkers – Critically assess limits of “governance through goals” 📄 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧭 Can bureaucrats help advance #IndigenousRights? R. Kløcker Larsen et al. analyse cases across 4 continents: – States often sustain colonial agendas – Some officials enable decolonizing actions – Introduce “institutional braiding” to describe such agency 📄 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...

🌐 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...

✉️ ESG Newsletter June Filled with fresh publications from @esg-journal.bsky.social, a kind reminder to sign up for #TCESG25 along with the latest news, upcoming events and exciting opportunities shared across the ESG network. 🔗 Read it here: mailchi.mp/earthsystemg...

🇮🇳 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...

🔁 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 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...

Excited to join the team of associate editors at the journal Earth System Governance @esg-journal.bsky.social ! I'll be leading the development of a new manuscript type called Dataset Insights. More details coming soon. www.sciencedirect.com/journal/eart...

🌐 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 we set boundaries that protect both the planet and the people who call it home? 🌏 Earth Commission members published a new paper explaining how just boundaries were developed to make sure that people are protected from significant harm.

🔥💦 A bold and creative take on climate storytelling: check out this comic on wildfires and climate change by Jamie Michaels & @jfmorin.bsky.social. Original, insightful, and beautifully illustrated. Available open access in the ESG Journal: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🧊 New article by Vincent de Gooyert et al. shows that scaling up carbon capture and storage (#CCS) needs more than tech or cost solutions. Public trust is key, built through citizen assemblies, transparency, & shared influence, not just awareness campaigns. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🦎 New article by Fariborz Zelli reflects on #CBD #COP16 in Cali—historic in scale, but mired in greenwashing & stalled talks. He urges regular, smaller decision-making sessions & stronger safeguards for inclusive, accountable #Biodiversity governance. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📣 Just published with Juan Felipe Duque "Where are Global South youth? Youth interest, identities and participation in global biodiversity governance" in Earth System Governance Journal, open access www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Interested in diversity? This is part to a special issue

📢 Just out! Earth System Governance Journal - Vol 24 @esg-journal.bsky.social Explore the latest research on institutions, political mechanisms and governance related to environmental change in this #OpenAccessJournal. Read the full issue here ➡️ www.sciencedirect.com/journal/eart...

🌿 New piece by María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés dismantles persistent myths about the #GlobalSouth, urging a shift from passive victim narratives to recognition of Southern agency and leadership in reshaping global environmental governance. 🔗 Read open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 New article by Gallegos-Riofrío et al. exploring the Llurimagua case (a dispute over a mining concession in Ecuador’s cloud forest) & highlighting alternative approaches from the #GlobalSouth, including the #RightsOfNature. 🔗 Available open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper out on the #NCQG on climate finance! It missed 3 key opportunities: 1) demonstrate commitment to transition away from fossil fuels; 2) engage new financial actors, incl. investors, ECAs, and central banks; 3) expand the base of contributing countries www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🏙️ Cities are key players in #climateaction. Roggero, Fjornes & Eisenack examine 34 cases and find that cities reduce emissions w/ and w/o favorable socioeconomic conditions thanks to the role of institutions in steering local capacities & gathering resources. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Governance efforts have had limited impact on worsening environmental degradation and its consequences for human health 🌍🩺 Annabelle Workman et al. propose a planetary health agenda grounded in stewardship and alternative ways of knowing, being & doing. Read: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

✍️ How do municipal governments in the #GlobalSouth strengthen #climategovernance without formal mandates? Tanvi V. Deshpande examines how ideational evolution—through learning, puzzling, and powering—enhances decision-making capacity in India. 📖 Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🔎 Who Profits from the Deep? Deep-sea mining nears reality as demand for #criticalminerals grows. Who benefits, and at what cost? 🪙 Aurora Cato & @pevoy.bsky.social explore its high-stakes future. Read more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #DeepSeaMining #RenewableEnergy

📖 What do political elites want from the #SDGs? This article by Marianne Beisheim et al. examines country-level politics of SDG implementation across 11 cases: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... They find governments use the #SDGs to serve political agendas and boost legitimacy.

🌊 Pacific Island Countries struggle to access Green Climate Fund support, limiting locally-led adaptation. Kate Owens and co-authors explore how direct, small-scale grants could help vulnerable communities.🌱💰 Read more: 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #ClimateFinance #PacificIslands

In a new Perspective, early career researchers, led by Megan Arthur, outline a research agenda for planetary health equity, covering: 🔹 Transdisciplinary knowledge 🔹 Governance & policy integration 🔹 Key sectors: food, trade, energy, urban planning, education www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Check out our *new open access paper* on environmental justice in conservation philanthropy, led by the fabulous JJ Blackwatters! With a case study in Micronesia we focus on funding intermediaries and whether/how they can contribute to more just grant making. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📢The latest volume of ESG Journal (Vol. 23) is now available on ScienceDirect! Explore cutting-edge research on the governance of our planet's systems, with articles on environmental justice, the energy transition, geoengineering, etc. 📰 🔗 Read it here: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/eart...

The Earth System Governance journal is now on BlueSky! Join us at @esg-journal.bsky.social. All articles are open access and can be downloaded free of charge, anywhere, anytime. [And of course, we've deleted our account on what was known as Twitter.]