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Working Groups

Working groups are flexible research collaborations with more narrow or specific focus areas and commonly with limited time horizons. These groups either bring together a sub-community within a Taskforce or else are self-standing and mobilize scholars to study an unexplored area of earth system governance research. You do not need to be a research fellow of the Earth System Governance Project to participate in these groups.

Working Group on Governance of Social-Ecological Systems
Working Group on Governance of Social-Ecological Systems

We are keen on exploring and discussing the challenges, possibilities, and opportunities one encounters when seeking…

Working Group on Decarbonization
Working Group on Decarbonization

The Decarbonization Working Group is part of the Task Force on Climate Governance. It gathers researchers…

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Working Group on Planetary Health Justice

Human, animal and environmental health constitutes a critically important issue in relation to earth system governance…

Working Group on Democracy
Working Group on Democracy

This group gathers researchers from various disciplines who are interested in questions of democracy, power and…

Urban Working Group
Urban Working Group

The Urban Working Group of the Earth System Governance Project was created at the end of…

Asia and Pacific Working Group
Asia and Pacific Working Group

The Asia and Pacific Working Group (formerly Asia-Pacific Working Group)seeks to initiate collective and collaborative dialogue…

Creating and enhancing carbon sinks has become the newest pillar of climate policy in the era of the Paris Agreement, which calls for a ‘balance of sources and sinks’ on route to the ambitious temperature targets of 2C – or even 1.5C – by century’s end...
Carbon Removal Working Group

Creating and enhancing carbon sinks has become the newest pillar of climate policy in the era of the Paris Agreement, which calls for a ‘balance of sources and sinks’ on route to the ambitious temperature targets of 2C – or even 1.5C – by century’s end...

Recent publications

Earth System Governance – Volume 29

The 29th volume of Earth System Governance is out now.  The Earth System Governance is an open-access journal for all…

Earth System Governance – Volume 28

The 28th volume of Earth System Governance is out now.  The Earth System Governance is an open-access journal for all…

Transformative Governance for Complex Socio-Ecological Systems

Transformative Governance for Complex Socio-Ecological Systems - Innovation, AI, and Indigenous Knowledge in Africa Written by Pitshou Moleka Synopsis Africa…