The 2025 TC/ESG Conference on ‘Navigating Sustainability Transformations Towards Justice and Equity’ was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, co-organized by the Transformations Community and the Earth System Governance Project. The conference was hosted by the University of Witwatersrand.
More than 400 participants from 50 countries gathered over four days where our two communities came together in a creative meeting of research, policy, art, and practice.
Hosts
- Transformations Community
- Earth System Governance Project
- Global Change Institute, University of Witwatersrand
Co-hosts & sponsors
- German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS)
- Cambridge University Press
- Nature Sustainability
- Earth Stewardship Science
- The National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF)
Chairs
- Kyla Tienhaara, Earth System Governance Project
- Bruce Goldstein, Transformations Community
- Laura Pereira, Global Change Institute at the University of Witwatersrand



