EARTH SYSTEM GOVERNANCE AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK TABLE OF CONTENTS XXX . • Description p.1 • Abstracting and Indexing p.1 • Editorial Board p.1 • Guide for Authors p.6 ISSN: 2589-8116 DESCRIPTION . The journal Earth System Governance addresses governance processes and institutions at all levels of decision-making - from local to global - within a planetary perspective that seeks to align our current institutions and governance systems with the fundamental 21st century challenges of global environmental change and earth-system transformation. The journal intends to be interdisciplinary with a firm grounding in the social sciences and humanities, and covers research on all regions and sectors. The journal is a flagship publication of the global Earth System Governance research alliance, and is available to publish cutting-edge research presented at the annual Earth System Governance conferences, academic workshops, synthesising events by the Earth System Governance research taskforces, and similar activities. The journal welcomes original Research Articles as well as engaging Policy Perspectives, provocative Commentaries, longer Review Articles, and concise conference reports from the Earth System Governance community.The journal manager can be reached at [email protected]. ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING . Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) EDITORIAL BOARD . Editor-in-Chief Frank Biermann, Utrecht University Department of Innovation Environmental and Energy Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands Earth system governance, global sustainability, international organizations, global justice Managing Editor Carole-Anne Sénit, Faculty of Geosciences, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development - Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands Global governance, civil society, legitimacy, sustainable development, planetary justice Associate Editors Michele Betsill, University of Copenhagen Department of Political Science, København, Denmark AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 28 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/esg 1 Global governance, non-state actors, transnational relations, climate change, environment, marine conservation, natural resources Janina Grabs, ESADE Business School, Department of Society, Politics and Sustainability, Barcelona, Spain Global governance, Sustainability, Private governance, Global value chains, Environment, Regulatory governance, Agri-food governance Jeroen van der Heijden, Victoria University of Wellington School of Government, Wellington, New Zealand Urban climate governance, environmental governance, regulatory governance, regulatory stewardship, public administration Agni Kalfagianni, Utrecht University Department of Innovation Environmental and Energy Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands Global governance, democracy, justice, food governance Louis J. Kotzè, North-West University Faculty of Law, Potchefstroom, South Africa Global environmental constitutionalism, Law and the Anthropocene, Earth system law Kyla Tienhaara, Queen's University School of Environmental Studies, Kingston, Ontario, Canada Environmental governance, green economy, green new deal, foreign investment Fariborz Zelli, Lund University Department of Political Science, Lund, Sweden International institutions, climate change, forestry, environmental peacebuilding, political theory Editorial Board Members Kenneth Abbott, Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America International institutions, global governance, private governance, regime complexes, international law Neil Adger, University of Exeter College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Exeter, United Kingdom Climate change, adaptation, reliance, ecological economics, public health Steinar Andresen, Fridtjof Nansens Institute, Lysaker, Norway Biodiversity and genetic resources, Climate change, Global environmental governance and law, Environmental regimes, International organizations Walter F. Baber, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California, United States of America Environmental law and policy, democratic theory, human rights Karin Bäckstrand, Stockholm University Department of Political Science, Stockholm, Sweden Global environmental politics, climate policy, non-state actors, democratic legitimacy, global governance Xuemei Bai, Australian National University Fenner School of Environment and Society, Canberra, Australia Urbanization, urban systems, urban environment, global sustainability, transition and transformation Ana Flavia Barros, University of Brasilia Institute of International Relations, Brasilia, Brazil Ocean and Polar Governance Robert V. Bartlett, University of Vermont College of Arts and Sciences, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America Environmental human rights, environmental constitutionalism, deliberative democracy, environmental democracy, anthropocene governance Steven Bernstein, University of Toronto - Mississauga Department of Political Science, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Global Environmental Politics, International Relations, Global Governance, Public Policy, Global Political Economy Eduardo Brondizio, Indiana University Bloomington Department of Anthropology, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America Environmental and economic anthropology, land use and landscape history, institutions and collective action, household economy and demographics, livelihoods and poverty, local ecological knowledge, people-forest interaction, social-ecological complex systems analysis, global environmental and climate change, sustainability sciences, integrative methodologies, Amazon, Brazil, Latin America Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University Department of Geography, Durham, United Kingdom Climate governance, Urban, Nature, Transnational governance, Governmentality Sarah Burch, University of Waterloo Department of Geography and Environmental Management, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Sustainability transitions, Climate change governance, Mitigation and adaptation in cities, Sustainability entrepreneurship within small businesses, participatory scenario development Benjamin Cashore, Yale University School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America Global and multi-level environmental governance, Comparative public policy and administration, Transnational business regulation, Corporate social responsibility, Climate policy, Biodiversity conservation/land use change, Sustainable environmental management of forests AUTHOR INFORMATION PACK 28 Sep 2021 www.elsevier.com/locate/esg 2 Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo School of Environment Resources and Sustainability, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Trade and food security, financialization in food systems, transnational corporations, food assistance, food system sustainability Leila da Costa Ferreira, State University of Campinas Environmental Studies and Research Centre, CAMPINAS, Brazil Environmental sociology, Interdisciplinarity, Social theory, Climate changes Riyanti Djalante, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Jakarta, Indonesia Governance, Disaster Risk Reduction, Climate Change adaptation, environment, Sustainable Development Liang Dong, China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China Climate Policy, International Development, International Organization, Global Governance Peter Driessen, Utrecht University Department of Innovation Environmental and Energy Sciences, Utrecht, Netherlands Modes of environmental governance, climate adaptation, water governance, sustainable urban development, science-policy interfaces John Dryzek, University of Canberra Institute for Governance & Policy Analysis, Bruce, Australian Capital Territory, Australia Ecological democracy, Anthropocene politics, Environmental philosophy, Climate governance, Planetary justice Robyn W. Eckersley, The University of Melbourne School of Social and Political Sciences, Melbourne, Australia Climate policy, Global environmental governance, Environmental political theory Klaus Eisenack, Humboldt University of Berlin Albrecht Daniel-Thaer Institute of Agriculture and Horticulture, Berlin, Germany Climate change, water, energy, game theory, political economy, comparative case studies Lorraine Elliott, Australian National University Department of International Relations, Canberra, Australia International relations, transnational environmental crime, just transitions, environmental security (human security/climate security) Robert Falkner, The London School of Economics and Political Science Department of International Relations, London, United Kingdom International climate politics, Nonstate actors, Business power, Private environmental governance, Paris Agreement, English School of International Relations Christopher Gordon, University of Ghana Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, Accra, Ghana Limnology, Adaptation, Sustainability, Ecotoxicology, Wetlands Roberto P. Guimarães, Research Network on Interdependent Inequalities in Latin America, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sustainable development, Climate change adaptation, Natural resource management, Society and environment Julia Guivant, Federal University of Santa Catarina Centre of Philosophy and Humane Sciences, Florianópolis, Brazil Climate change, environmental risks, sustainable food, risk perception Aarti Gupta, Wageningen University & Research Social Sciences, Wageningen, Netherlands Global environmental and climate governance, anticipatory governance, climate futures, climate engineering, geoengineering, solar radiation management Joyeeta Gupta, University of Amsterdam Department of Human Geography