Working Papers
Earth System Governance Working Papers are peer-reviewed online publications that broadly address questions raised by the Project’s Science and Implementation Plan. The series is open to all colleagues who seek to contribute to this research agenda, and submissions are welcome at any time (see guidelines for authors). While most members of our network publish their research in the English language, we accept also submissions in other major languages. The Earth System Governance Project does not assume the copyright for working papers, and we expect that most working papers will eventually find their way into scientific journals or become chapters in edited volumes compiled by the Project and its members. Comments on working papers are highly welcome.
Postapocalyptic environmentalism: A movement for transformational climate adaptation?
As climate movements are growing around the world, so too is a postapocalyptic form of environmentalism. While apocalyptic environmentalism warns…
Leveraging Blockchain Technology for Innovative Climate Finance under the Green Climate Fund
The rapid development of digital technologies such as blockchain and distributed ledger-based systems holds transformative potential for the financial sector…
Planetary Justice: A Research Framework.
In this paper we develop a conceptual framework to empirically analyse conceptualizations of ‘justice’ in the context of profound transformations…
Managing Genetic Resources: International Regimes, Problem Structures, National Implementation
Numerous regimes regulating access to genetic resources and the sharing of the benefits arising out of their utilization have sprung up…
Global Governance: Impressions from Complex Adaptive Systems Theory
Notwithstanding the territoriality of sovereign states and other claims to private property, Earth’s biosphere is a public space. Its protection…
Managing Adaptation: International Donors’ Influence on International River Basin Organizations in Southern Africa
Today, many of the world’s river and lake basins are threatened by environmental problems such as change in river flow,…
National Delegations to UNFCCC Conferences of the Parties: Who Participates?
Understanding which ministries represent their countries at the annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conferences of the…
‘Transformations towards sustainability’. Emerging approaches, critical reflections, and a research agenda
Over the last two decades researchers have come to understand much about the global challenges confronting human society (e.g. climate…
Depoliticised and technocratic? Normativity and the politics of transformative adaptation
Dominant notions of adaptation to climate change are coming under increased scrutiny for their technocratic implications and depoliticising tendencies. Considering…