Welcome at the website of the Earth System Governance Project! The Earth System Governance Project is a core project of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP), and builds on the results of the former IHDP project on the Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (IDGEC).
Earth system governance is defined in this project as the interrelated and increasingly integrated system of formal and informal rules, rule-making systems, and actor-networks at all levels of human society (from local to global) that are set up to steer societies towards preventing, mitigating, and adapting to global and local environmental change and, in particular, earth system transformation, within the normative context of sustainable development.
On this website, we inform on the background of the project, the concept of 'earth system governance', and the project's research questions. We share information on relevant events and publications, and present the network of Associate Faculty, Research Fellows, Research Centres and Affiliated Projects.
News & Announcements
The call for papers for the 2009 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change has been closed on 15 May 2009. 515 abstracts have been submitted by colleagues from more than 64 countries. All abstracts are currently under review by an International Review Panel. Please see www.ac2009.earthsystemgovernance.org for more information on the conference and the review process.
The Earth System Governance Project welcomes two new members to its Scientific Steering Committee: Professor Susana Camargo Vieira, professor of law at the Universidade de Itaúna, Brazil; and Professor Pius Z. Yanda, Director of the Institute of Resource Assessment of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Both new members have been appointed by the IHDP Scientific Committee on 2 May 2009.
The final Earth System Governance Science and Implementation Plan is now available. The Science Plan is meant to provide an overarching outline, as a common set of questions for the study of earth system governance. The Earth System Governance Science and Implementation Plan is available in English and Japanese here. Hardcopies can be requested from the International Project Office.
The Earth System Governance Project has been strongly represented at the IHDP Open Meeting 2009, 26-30 April 2009, Bonn, Germany. An overview of the Earth System Governance related events is available for download. For more information see here.
→ Science Plan - English
→ Science Plan - Japanese