The ninth theme talks about the societal responses to sustainability challenges: the diverse approaches for governance systems, policy processes, instruments and institutions. This theme relates to SDG 16 and 17 and covers four topic groups:
9a Peace and Security (SDG 16)
9b Scale of Governance (to include analysis of SDGs as a Global Scale Initiative) (SDG 17)
9c Public Participation and Role of Stakeholders
9d Law and Sustainability
![9a UN](https://media.isdrs.org/2017/09/9a-UN.jpg)
![9b flags](https://media.isdrs.org/2017/09/9b-flags.jpg)
Updates for the ISDRS 2020 Budapest Conference can be found in their respective topic group pages displayed above