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International Review Panel - Earth System Governance We would like to thank members of the International Review Panel for their support during the review process.

💚 A warm thank you to the International Review Panel for donating their time to support the 2026 Bath Conference on Earth System Governance. The panel was composed of 72 scholars from the Earth System Governance network.

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📊 New paper by @jfmorin.bsky.social et al. showing how #datasets enhance transparency and replicability in #ESG. They map efforts and identify best practices, arguing dataset design is not neutral but shapes how global environmental governance is studied.
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Microbial rights for a planetary age While microbes have primarily been viewed as pathogens, contemporary microbiome science and microbial ecology increasingly emphasize their non-pathoge…

🦠 Should #microbes have rights?
Anthony Rizk et al. argue that while microbiome science emphasizes microbes’ symbiotic and ecological roles, intl law still lags behind. They propose 2 post-anthropocentric approaches: rights to microbes and rights of microbes.
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Report from webinar "How is the Global South Positioned within the Earth System Governance Network?” - Earth System Governance Report from webinar "How is the Global South Positioned within the Earth System Governance Network?” | Earth System Governance

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Examining possible future trajectories of global space sectors Governments have a significant influence in shaping the trajectory of the space industry as investors, operators, regulators and customers. This resea…

🛰️ How do governments shape the future of the #space economy?
Ronda Geise & Priyanka Dhopade map 12 national space strategies across 4 scenarios, showing divergent visions from market expansion to sustainability and outlining pathways for more equitable outcomes. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Mapping governance interactions among the Paris Agreement and SDG1 in Sub-Saharan African countries Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are interdependent with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), yet they are often formulated and impleme…

🌏 Do #climate commitments reduce #poverty?

📊 Szedlacsek, Blondeel & Pattberg find weak links between #NDCs and #SDG1 across 49 Sub-Saharan African countries. Poverty Engagement Score suggests low potential for poverty reduction. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Relaunch of the ESG Speaker Series 'How Can Landscape Governance Be Successfully Implemented in Practice?'.

7 May 2026, 13:00-14:15 (UTC+2)

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Save the date for the 2027 Earth System Governance conference, taking place 20-24 September 2027, at Uppsala University, Sweden.

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Cross-scale chronological analysis of Southeast Asia's seed regulations and emerging challenges for seed commons Seed regulatory frameworks paradoxically often attempt to increase farmers' access to quality seed via restrictions on their production and exchange. …

🌱 Can #seed regulation expand access while restricting #farmers’ own seed practices?

Erik Delaquis et al. show how cassava governance in the Greater #Mekong reveals tensions between harmonization, property rights, and farmer-led seed commons.
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Co-creating adaptation solutions: A critical review of participatory instruments in climate change adaptation laws and policies Amid growing climate risks and evolving adaptation-mitigation dynamics, this study analyzes how participatory instruments are integrated into climate …

👥 How is citizen participation embedded in #climate #adaptation laws and policy?

Nadejda Komendantova et al. show EU, Germany & Spain rely on mid-level engagement, with gaps in access, feedback & funding, and call for reforms to close the participation gap.

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From climate action to climate Agency: Mapping social drivers and the opportunity structure for global decarbonization

🌱 When does isolated #climate action “densify” into durable forms of climate agency?
@stefanaykut.bsky.social @antjewiener.bsky.social propose a framework to study when climate action stabilizes, expands, and institutionalizes into lasting capacities.
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Satellite infrastructures, earth-space sustainability, and the Global South Satellite infrastructures are indispensable elements of Earth-Space sustainability, including in a North-South context. Using social network analysis,…

🛰️ Who controls the infrastructures behind #Earth–space sustainability?

@frabitz.bsky.social et al. show that, aside from #China, the #GlobalSouth is largely excluded from #satellite manufacturing & operational control, concentrating power in a few states.
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Early-bird fees until March 31rd for the summer school 'Climate Action Beyond Governments: Assessing and Strengthening Integrity': www.ru.nl/en/education...

Read the key insights from our first 'Spotlight on Early Career Publications' by Liza Khmara: www.earthsystemgovernance.org/news/spotlig...

Overshoot: How the World Surrendered to Climate Breakdown, Andreas Malm, Wim Carton, Verso, New York (2024), p. 401, $29.95 hardback

📚 New book review

🌍 Coralie Boulard & Valeria Zambianchi review Overshoot by Andreas Malm and @wimcarton.bsky.social, unpacking the idea that #climate targets can be temporarily exceeded on the promise of future carbon removals.
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SDGs and living wages: Can global goals steer private sector sustainability? Global goals are theorized to catalyze non-state actors' existing strategies and practices to promote sustainable development. This research examines …

🎯 Do global goals reshape corporate practice?
Elizabeth A. Bennett finds the #SDGs accelerated the #LivingWage movement, shifting priorities and mobilizing resources. Yet worker gains remain limited, with progress also shaped by due diligence and ESG norms.
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📣 The ESG Journal is launching a new manuscript type – “Dataset Insights” – dedicated to showcasing datasets. Submit yours.

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Working on a new dataset related to Earth governance? The @esg-journal.bsky.social is launching a new manuscript type, called “Dataset Insights”. Submit yours. More information here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Unpacking adaptation lock-ins: Explaining the persistence of the adaptation gap Climate change adaptation is increasingly outpaced by accelerating climate risks, resulting in a persistent and widening adaptation gap. Many current …

🌡️ Why does #climate #adaptation keep lagging behind accelerating risks?

🔒 Nicolas Jager et al. argue that adaptation lock-ins create self-reinforcing dynamics that trap institutions in incremental, maladaptive pathways widening the adaptation gap.

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SUMMER SCHOOL CLIMATE ACTION BEYOND GOVERNMENTS (22-26 Jun'26)
Business,cities,& civ.society are stepping up, but greenwashing concerns are rising. Work on integrity challenges, and codevelop roadmaps (e.g.,for cities,businesses)
Register by: 15May; Radboud Univ.(NL),more: www.ru.nl/en/education...

From 'Predict and Provide' towards 'Reduce Demand': institutionalising Wellbeing Economy discourse in Welsh transport policy This study analyses institutional change in the Welsh transport sector, focusing on how the wellbeing economy discourse is being institutionalised in …

🚉 Can a #wellbeing economy reshape #transport governance?

Querine Kommandeur analyses how #Wales institutionalises wellbeing discourse. While discourse and procedures shift, power and resources lag, revealing uneven change.

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Navigating just transitions: Trade union strategies and climate delay in North Sea energy politics This article investigates conditions under which just transition (JT) – a union concept reconciling worker protection with environmental imperatives –…

⚖️ 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.

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