Earth System Governance Project

AbbreviationESG Project
Formation2009; 15 years ago (2009) (planning phase 2006-2008)
FounderDeveloped under IHDP
TypeNonprofit organization, network or alliance
FocusStimulate a vibrant research community for earth system governance through networking, task forces, conferences, publications
HeadquartersUtrecht University, The Netherlands (from 2019 onwards)
Region served
Worldwide
Co-chairs
Cristina Inoue and Jonathan Pickering
FundingVarious (for example Lund University, Utrecht University, Earth System Governance Foundation)
Websitewww.earthsystemgovernance.org

The Earth System Governance Project (or ESG Project in short) is a research network that builds on the work from about a dozen research centers and hundreds of researchers studying earth system governance. It is a long-term, interdisciplinary social science research alliance. Its origins are an international program called the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change.[1] The ESG Project started in January 2009.[1] Over time, it has evolved into a broader research alliance that builds on an international network of research centers, lead faculty and research fellows. It is now the largest social science research network in the area of governance and global environmental change.[2]

Utrecht University in the Netherlands has hosted the secretariat, called International Project Office, from 2019 to 2024.[3][4] Previously the secretariat was at United Nations University in Bonn, Germany (from 2009 to 2012) and at Lund University, Sweden (from 2012 to 2018).

  1. ^ a b Biermann, Frank, Michele M. Betsill, Joyeeta Gupta, Norichika Kanie, Louis Lebel, Diana Liverman, Heike Schroeder, and Bernd Siebenhüner, with contributions from Ken Conca, Leila da Costa Ferreira, Bharat Desai, Simon Tay, and Ruben Zondervan (2009) Earth System Governance: People, Places and the Planet. Science and Implementation Plan of the Earth System Governance Project. Earth System Governance Report 1, IHDP Report 20. Bonn, IHDP: The Earth System Governance Project.
  2. ^ Dryzek, John S. (2016). "Institutions for the Anthropocene: Governance in a Changing Earth System". British Journal of Political Science. 46 (4): 937–956. doi:10.1017/S0007123414000453. ISSN 0007-1234.
  3. ^ "International Project Office". Earth System Governance Project. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
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