| Event | Speaker | Time |
| Welcome | Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal, Associate Professor, SERD/AIT | 1330-1335 |
| Talk | Governance of the global environment: Framework, approach and activities of Earth System Governance Project | 1335-1405 |
| Discussion | Discussions on key research agenda related to governance of global environmental change challenge that are of interests to the participants and how ESG project and AIT can collaborate/find synergy | 1405-1430 |
About ESG:
The Earth System Governance (ESG) Project is a social science research network in the area of governance and global environmental change (water, climate, land, resources etc.). Its international research program takes up the challenge of exploring political solutions and novel, more effective governance systems to cope with the current transitions in the environmental systems of our planet. The normative context of its research is sustainable development: the program sees earth system governance not only as a question of governance effectiveness, but also as a challenge for political legitimacy and social justice. The ESG Project is open to all researchers who are engaged in research on the governance of coupled socio-ecological systems, at all levels. This global network includes many of the most prominent scientists in the field globally, along with numerous PhD students and early-career researchers.
The international project office of ESG project is hosted by Lund University’s Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) and the Faculty of Social Science in Sweden.
Details of LUCSUS are available at this link: http://www.lucsus.lu.se
Details of Earth System Governance are available at this link: http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org