Global Sustainability Governance
A list of my publications
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2023
Balancing or prioritising for sustainable development? Perceptions of sustainability integration among professionals. Sustainable Development (Montesano et al.; open access here).
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Can the Sustainable Development Goals green international organisations? Sustainability integration in the International Labour Organisation. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning (Montesano et al., open access here).
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Courts, climate litigation, and the evolution of earth system law. Global Policy (Kotzé et al., in press).
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Greening labour? The role of the SDGs in fostering sustainability integration within trade unions. Globalizations (Montesano et al., open access here).
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How the World Bank engages with the Sustainable Development Goal on reducing inequalities: A case of organizational jiu-jitsu. Global Studies Quarterly (Driel et al., open access here).
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Making development legible to capital: The promise and limits of 'innovative' debt financing for the Sustainable Development Goals in Indonesia. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space (Yunita et al., open access here).
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Solar Geoengineering Myths Debunked. Briefing Note 1, Initiative for an International Non-Use Agreement on Solar Geoengineering. January (Stephens et al.).
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Success factors of global goal-setting for sustainable development. Learning from the Millennium Development Goals. Sustainable Development (Hickmann et al. open access here).
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The SDGs as integrating force in global governance? Challenges and opportunities. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (Bogers et al., open access here).
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2022
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Assessing the impact of global goals: Setting the stage. In The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming Governance Through Global Goals?, eds. Biermann, Hickmann Sénit. Cambridge UP. Open access here.
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Earth system law: Exploring new frontiers in legal science. Earth System Governance (Kotzé et al.)
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Exploring global climate policy futures and their representation in integrated assessment models. Politics and Governance (Hickmann et al. open access here).
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Global governance (Beisheim, Bernstein et al.). In The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming Governance Through Global Goals?, eds. Biermann, Hickmann and Sénit. Cambridge UP. Open access here.
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Global governance of climate migrants. A critical evaluation of the Global Compacts. In Climate Refugees: Global, Local and Critical Approaches. Cambridge University Press (with van der Vliet, PDF here).
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Inclusiveness (Sénit, Okereke, et al.). In The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming Governance Through Global Goals?, eds. Biermann, Hickmann and Sénit. Cambridge UP. Open access here.
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International organizations as ‘custodians’ of the Sustainable Development Goals? Fragmentation and coordination in sustainability governance. Global Policy (Driel et al., open access here).
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Nederland mag nooit inzetten op geoengineering. NRC Handelsblad (newspaper, online access here), 17 Jan. 2022.
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Patterns in transboundary aquifer governance: Comparative analysis of eight case studies from the perspective of efficacy. Water International (Velis et al.; open access here)
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Pluralizing debates on the Anthropocene requires engaging with the diversity of existing scholarship. Annals of the American Association of Geographers (Pickering et al., link here)
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Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Sustainability (open access here).
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Social-ecological reflexivity of extractive industry governance? The case of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Indonesia. Environmental Policy and Governance (Yanuardi et al., open access here)
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Solar geoengineering: The case for an international non-use agreement. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change
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Sustainable Development Goals fail to advance policy integration: A large-n text analysis of 159 international organizations. Environmental Science and Policy (Bogers et al.; open access here)
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The (anti-)politics of policy coherence for sustainable development in the Netherlands: Logic, method, effects. Geoforum (Yunita et al., open access here)
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The CBD post-2020 biodiversity framework: People’s place within the rest of nature. People and Nature (Friedman et al.; open access here).
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The global biodiversity framework needs a robust action agenda [Correspondence]. Nature Ecology and Evolution (Chan et al.; open access here).
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The impact of the Sustainable Development Goals on a network of 276 international organizations. Global Environmental Change (Bogers et al.; open access here).
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The policy discourse on negative emissions, land-based technologies, and the Global South.
Global Environmental Change (with Jaschke, direct link here)
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The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming Governance Through Global Goals?, eds. Biermann, Hickmann and Sénit. Cambridge UP. Free download of the entire book as PDF here.
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The Sustainable Development Goals as a transformative force? Key insights. In The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming Governance Through Global Goals?. eds. Biermann, Hickmann and Sénit. Cambridge UP. Open access here.
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UN Sustainable Development Goals failing to have meaningful impact, our research warns. The Conversation, 20 June (open access here).
In Portuguese, here. In Japanese, here.
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2021
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A Momentum for Change? Systemic effects and catalytic impacts of transnational climate action. Earth System Governance (Chan et al., open access here).
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In whose name are you speaking? The marginalization of the poor in global civil society. Global Policy (with Sénit).
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Klimaatvonnis Duits hof toont kracht van internationaal recht. NRC Handelsblad.
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Earth system governance. World politics in the post-environmental age. In Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics
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Improving governance quality through global standard setting? Experiences from the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in Indonesia. The Extractive Industries and Society.
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The future of ‘environmental’ policy in the Anthropocene: Time for a paradigm shift. Environmental Politics.
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2020
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Anticipatory governance of solar geoengineering: Conflicting visions of the future and their links to governance proposals. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.
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Architectures of Earth System Governance - Institutional Complexity and Structural Transformation. Cambridge University Press.
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Architectures of earth system governance - Setting the stage. In Architectures of Earth System Governance. Cambridge University Press.
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Assessing spatial equity in access to service-provisioning hotspots in data-scarce tropical forests regions under external pressure. Ecosystem Services.
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Deep-time organizations: Learning institutional longevity from history. Anthropocene Review.
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Four approaches to anticipatory climate governance: Different conceptions of the future and implications for the present. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change.
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Globale Ziele ohne Wirkung oder normative Leitplanken? Vereinte Nationen.
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Governance fragmentation. In Architectures of Earth System Governance. Cambridge University Press.
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Governance through global goals. In Architectures of Earth System Governance. Cambridge University Press.
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Hierarchization. In Architectures of Earth System Governance. Cambridge University Press.
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Planetary justice - A research framework. Earth System Governance.
Planetary justice: Prioritizing the poor in earth system governance. Earth System Governance.
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Planetary justice as a challenge for earth system governance: Editorial (to a Special Issue). Earth System Governance.
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Taking stock and moving forward. In Architectures of Earth System Governance. Cambridge University Press.
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The boundaries of the planetary boundary framework - A critical appraisal of approaches to define a “safe operating space” for humanity. Annual Review of Environment and Resources.
Weltregieren durch unverbindliche Zielvereinbarungen? WeltTrends: Das außenpolitische Journal.
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A world environment organization. In Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance. Earthscan/Routledge.
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Seeding the clouds to reach the sky: Will China’s weather modification practices support the legitimization of climate engineering? Ambio.
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What do researchers mean when talking about justice? An empirical review of justice narratives in global change research. Earth System Governance.
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2019
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A new paradigm for global sustainability governance - Inside look from the trenches of the SDGs negotiation arena. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society.
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Anthropocene Encounters: New Directions in Green Political Thinking. Cambridge University Press.
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De ene grondstof is de andere niet - beleid voor geologisch schaarse grondstoffen ontbreekt. Milieu.
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Debatteer over ingrepen in klimaat. Nederlands Dagblad.
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Editorial to the inaugural issue. Earth System Governance.
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Encountering the 'Anthropocene' - Setting the scene. In Anthropocene Encounters. Cambridge University Press.
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Mineral resources governance: A call for the establishment of an International Competence Center on Mineral Resources Management. Resources, Conservation and Recycling.
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Policy integration for sustainable development through multilateral environmental agreements - An empirical analysis, 2007-2016. Global Governance.
Onderzoek ‘afkoelen’ van de aarde. Volkskrant.
Protecting biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction: An earth system governance perspective. Earth System Governance.
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Rich man’s solution? Climate engineering discourses and the marginalization of the Global South. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics.
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The Earth System Governance Project as a network organization - a critical assessment after ten years. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.
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2018
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Global governance in the 'Anthropocene'. In The Oxford Handbook of International Political Theory. Oxford University Press.
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Global governance to protect future climate refugees. In Climate Refugees - Beyond the Legal Impasse? Routledge.
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Het Antropoceen als politiek fenomeen. Agora.
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International environmental institutions. In The Companion to Environmental Studies.
Routledge.
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Applying the multi-level perspective on socio-technical transitions to rentier states - The case of renewable energy transitions in Nigeria. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning.
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Global aspirations, regional variation? Explaining the global uptake and growth of forestry certification. Journal of Forest Economics.
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2017
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Conclusion - Key challenges for global governance through goals. In Governing through Goals - Sustainable Development Goals as Governance Innovation. The MIT Press.
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Global goal setting for improving national governance and policy. In Governing Through Goals - Sustainable Development Goals as Governance Innovation. The MIT Press.
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Global governance by goal-setting: the novel approach of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability.
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Governing through Goals - Sustainable Development Goals as Governance Innovation. The MIT Press.
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Governing by targets - Reductio ad unum and evolution of the two-degree climate target. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics.
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Groundwater and human development: synergies and trade-offs within the context of the sustainable development goals. Sustainability Science.
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The political authority of science in sustainability governance - A structured comparison of six science institutions engaged with the Sustainable Development Goals. Environmental Science and Policy.
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The representativeness of global deliberation - A critical assessment of civil society consultations for sustainable development. Global Policy.
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Towards a global governance system to protect climate migrants - Taking stock. In Research Handbook on Climate Change, Migration and the Law. Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Transnational environmental governance. In The International Encyclopedia of Geography. Wiley-Blackwell.
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Why equity is fundamental in climate change. Global Environmental Change.
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2016 and before available here