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The mission statement of the Earth System Science Partnership calls upon social scientists to develop 'strategies for Earth System management'. Yet what such strategies might be, and how such strategies can be developed, remains poorly understood in the social sciences. Moreover, social scientists tend to disagree with the notion of 'management', and rather prefer the term 'governance', which is, in social science terms, rather non-hierarchical, decentralised, less government-driven and open for multiple perspectives and stakeholders. What are then the appropriate theories and strategies for sustainable earth system governance? This question stood at the centre of the 2007 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, held 24-26 May 2007 at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The Australian Climate Change Science Program aims to improve our understanding of the causes, nature, timing and consequences of climate change so that industry, community and government decisions can be better informed.

ECF is a platform for joint studies and science-based stakeholder dialogue on climatic change. ECF brings together representatives of different parties concerned with the climate problem.

Climate change science is continually developing. In response, Auckland City Council is progressing initiatives to both mitigate and adapt to climate change.

The Met Office is able to forecast and advise on the potential consequences and risks of climate change. This is because it acts as the authoritative and leading source of climate change science.

Climate Change is a global issue and the Met Office Hadley Centre is leading international research into what could happen under climate change, and the impacts on current and future generations.