THE ORBITAL Tracking the emergent movement for planetary systems governance

Sources

The publications, research centres, and networks that inform The Orbital's daily feed and editorial direction. This list is illustrative rather than exhaustive — the field is large and growing.

News & Media

Carbon Brief ↗

Detailed coverage of climate science and policy.

The Guardian – Environment ↗

Broad coverage of ecology, climate, and environmental governance.

Rest of World ↗

Technology and its impact on the Global South.

Democracy Now ↗

Independent news with a systems-change lens.

Resilience ↗

Transition, post-growth, and community resilience perspectives.

openDemocracy ↗

Democratic innovation, power, and global governance.

Research & Think Tanks

Stockholm Resilience Centre ↗

Planetary boundaries, social-ecological systems research.

Future of Life Institute ↗

Existential risk, technology governance, and long-term policy.

IPBES ↗

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services.

Democracy R&D ↗

Network of democratic innovation practitioners and researchers.

P2P Foundation ↗

Commons, peer production, and alternative economics.

Metabolic ↗

Systems change, circular economy, and planetary boundaries.

Networks & Aggregators

Systems Change Alliance ↗

Network of organisations working on systems-level change.

DEAL (Doughnut Economics) ↗

Community around doughnut economics and regenerative models.

Ashoka ↗

Global network of social entrepreneurs.

WeAll ↗

Wellbeing Economy Alliance — policy and advocacy network.

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