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Earth System Governance Project

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The Earth System Governance Project Biermann, Frank, Michele M. Betsill, Joyeeta Gupta, Norichika Kanie, Louis Lebel, Diana Liverman, Heike Schroeder, and Bernd Siebenhüner, with contributions from Ken Conca, Leila da Costa Ferreira, Bharat Desai, Simon Tay, and Ruben Zondervan. [1]

43 relations: Air pollution, Anthropocene, Australian National University, Chiang Mai University, Climate governance, Colorado State University, Desertification, Diana Liverman, Diversitas, Earth system governance, Earth system science, Earth System Science Partnership, Ecological economics, Ecological modernization, Environmental governance, Environmental policy, Environmental science, Global Carbon Project, Global change, Global governance, Global Land Project, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, International Human Dimensions Programme, Lund University, Multi-level governance, Planetary boundaries, Social science, Soil retrogression and degradation, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sustainability, Sustainability science, Sustainable development, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Transition management, United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, University of East Anglia, University of Oldenburg, University of Toronto, Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Project, VU University Amsterdam, Waste treatment, World Climate Research Programme, Yale University.

Air pollution

Air pollution occurs when harmful or excessive quantities of substances including gases, particulates, and biological molecules are introduced into Earth's atmosphere.

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Anthropocene

The Anthropocene is a proposed epoch dating from the commencement of significant human impact on the Earth's geology and ecosystems, including, but not limited to, anthropogenic climate change.

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Australian National University

The Australian National University (ANU) is a national research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.

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Chiang Mai University

Chiang Mai University (CMU) (มหาวิทยาลัยเชียงใหม่) is a public research university in northern Thailand founded in 1964.

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Climate governance

In political ecology and environmental policy, climate governance is the diplomacy, mechanisms and response measures "aimed at steering social systems towards preventing, mitigating or adapting to the risks posed by climate change".

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Colorado State University

Colorado State University (also referred to as Colorado State, State, and CSU) is a public research university located in Fort Collins, in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Desertification

Desertification is a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry area of land becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife.

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Diana Liverman

Diana Margaret Liverman (born May 15, 1954, Accra, Ghana) is Regents Professor of Geography and Development, and formerly co-Director of the Institute of the Environment at the University of Arizona, USA.

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Diversitas

Diversitas (the Latin word for “diversity”) was an international research programme aiming at integrating biodiversity science for human well-being.

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Earth system governance

Earth system governance is a recently developed paradigm that builds on earlier notions of environmental policy and nature conservation, but puts these into the broader context of human-induced transformations of the entire earth system.

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Earth system science

Earth system science (ESS) is the application of systems science to the Earth sciences.

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Earth System Science Partnership

The Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP) is a partnership under the auspices of the International Council for Science (ICSU) for the integrated study of the Earth system, the ways that it is changing, and the implications for global and regional sustainability.

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Ecological economics

Ecological economics (also called eco-economics, ecolonomy or bioeconomics of Georgescu-Roegen) is both a transdisciplinary and an interdisciplinary field of academic research addressing the interdependence and coevolution of human economies and natural ecosystems, both intertemporally and spatially.

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Ecological modernization

Ecological modernization is a school of thought in the social sciences that argues that the economy benefits from moves towards environmentalism.

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Environmental governance

Environmental governance is a concept in political ecology and environmental policy that advocates sustainability (sustainable development) as the supreme consideration for managing all human activities—political, social and economic.

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Environmental policy

Environmental policy is the commitment of an organization to the laws, regulations, and other policy mechanisms concerning environmental issues.

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Environmental science

Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical, biological and information sciences (including ecology, biology, physics, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanology, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geography (geodesy), and atmospheric science) to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems.

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Global Carbon Project

The Global Carbon Project (GCP) was established in 2001.

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Global change

Global change refers to planetary-scale changes in the Earth system.

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Global governance

Global governance or world governance is a movement towards political cooperation among transnational actors, aimed at negotiating responses to problems that affect more than one state or region.

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Global Land Project

The Global Land Project is a research initiative of Future Earth (originally the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) and the International Human Dimensions Programme (IHDP)).

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International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme

The International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) was a research programme that studies the phenomenon of global change.

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International Human Dimensions Programme

The International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) was a research programme that studied the human and societal aspects of the phenomenon of global change.

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Lund University

Lund University (Lunds universitet) is a public university, consistently ranking among the world's top 100 universities.

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Multi-level governance

Multi-level (or multilevel) governance is an approach in political science and public administration theory that originated from studies on European integration.

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Planetary boundaries

Planetary boundaries is a concept of nine Earth system processes which have boundaries proposed in 2009 by a group of Earth system and environmental scientists led by Johan Rockström from the Stockholm Resilience Centre and Will Steffen from the Australian National University.

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Social science

Social science is a major category of academic disciplines, concerned with society and the relationships among individuals within a society.

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Soil retrogression and degradation

Soil retrogression and degradation are two regressive evolution processes associated with the loss of equilibrium of a stable soil.

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Stockholm Resilience Centre

The Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC), is a non-profit, independent research institute specialising in sustainable development and environmental issues.

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Sustainability

Sustainability is the process of change, in which the exploitation of resources, the direction of investments, the orientation of technological development and institutional change are all in harmony and enhance both current and future potential to meet human needs and aspirations.

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Sustainability science

Sustainability science emerged in the 21st century as a new academic discipline.

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Sustainable development

Sustainable development is the organizing principle for meeting human development goals while at the same time sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services upon which the economy and society depend.

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Tokyo Institute of Technology

is a national research university located in Greater Tokyo Area, Japan.

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Transition management

Transition management, in the financial sense, is a service usually offered by sell side institutions to help buy side firms transition a portfolio of securities.

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United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), also known as Rio 2012, Rio+20, or Earth Summit 2012 was the third international conference on sustainable development aimed at reconciling the economic and environmental goals of the global community.

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University of East Anglia

The University of East Anglia (abbreviated as UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England.

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University of Oldenburg

The Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg) is a university located in Oldenburg, Germany.

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University of Toronto

The University of Toronto (U of T, UToronto, or Toronto) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.

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Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Project

The Urbanization and Global Environmental Change Project (UGEC) is one of the core research projects of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP).

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VU University Amsterdam

The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (abbreviated as VU, VU University Amsterdam, "Free University Amsterdam") is a university in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 1880.

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Waste treatment

Waste treatment refers to the activities required to ensure that waste has the least practicable impact on the environment.

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World Climate Research Programme

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is an international programme that helps to coordinate global climate research.

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Yale University

Yale University is an American private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_System_Governance_Project

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