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

Updates for the ISDRS 2020 Budapest Conference can be found in their respective topic group pages displayed above