Edmund H. North was born in New York.
The Earth System Governance Project is a long-term , interdisciplinary social science research programme originally developed under the auspices of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change .. International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change. International Human Dimensions Programme. It started in January 2009 .. The Earth System Governance Project currently consists of a network of ca. 300 active and about 2,300 indirectly involved scholars from all continents .. The project has evolved into the largest social science research network in the area of governance and global environmental change .. The Earth System Governance Project Office is hosted at Lund University , Sweden .