Climate messaging is everywhere, urging people to recycle, vote, protest or rethink their daily habits. But which types of messages actually motivate people to take collective action on climate change ...

Common pool resources comprise around 65 percent of Earth's surface and vast tracts of the ocean. While examples of successful governance of these resources exist, the circumstances and mechanisms ...

The Collective-Action Constitution blends law, history, political science, and economics to offer a broad, deep theory of the U.S. Constitution's federal structure. The book argues that the ...

Something like the idea animating The Collective-Action Constitution—or a narrower, more implicit, and more intuitive version of it—has been around for a long time and has been articulated in many ...

The risks of climate change to human wellbeing are serious. Appropriate mitigation and adaptation require structural changes that are only likely to occur as a result of collective climate action.

Have you ever seen a novice group of rowers in a boat paddling at different rhythms, moving in halting or alternating directions? Forward progress might be made, but it’s slow going and unpredictable.

If you’re reading this, then you’re likely a professional working to solve the shared water challenges facing our planet. Every one of us has a story (or two) of why we are passionate advocates of ...

Federal and state regulators have intensified scrutiny of collaborative industry initiatives designed to address sustainability commitments. A series of enforcement actions, warning letters, and ...

This is the third of a three-part series designed to help readers understand the watersheds they depend on for drinking water and to provide easy-to-understand information on water quality. Read Part ...

Series editors' preface -- Preface -- Reflections on the commons -- An institutional approach to the study of self-organization and self-governance in CPR situations -- Analyzing long-enduring, ...

Around 65 percent of Earth's land and vast tracts of the ocean are composed of common-pool resources — areas like forests, fisheries, and irrigation systems to which many people have access. These ...