New directions in earth system governance research
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2019
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Earth System Governance
Abstract
The Earth System Governance project is a global research alliance that explores novel, effective gover nance mechanisms to cope with the current transitions in the biogeochemical systems of the planet. A
decade after its inception, this article offers an overview of the project's new research framework (which
is built upon a review of existing earth system governance research), the goal of which is to continue to stimulate a pluralistic, vibrant and relevant research community. This framework is composed of
contextual conditions (transformations, inequality, Anthropocene and diversity), which capture what is
being observed empirically, and five sets of research lenses (architecture and agency, democracy and
power, justice and allocation, anticipation and imagination, and adaptiveness and reflexivity). Ultimately
the goal is to guide and inspire the systematic study of how societies prepare for accelerated climate
change and wider earth system change, as well as policy responses
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Research Article
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Governance, Research networks, Earth system, Transformation