Within the context of the Earth Commission set up by Future Earth and the Global Commons Alliance, Joyeeta Gupta – who co-chairs the commission – is working on (a) theorizing Earth system justice; (b) determining safe and just boundaries for the earth’s systems, including for climate change; (c) how to meet global needs for access to water, food, energy, housing and infrastructure; and (d) just transformations. We use our work within CLIFF to enrich the work of the Earth Commission and hope the Earth Commission’s work will enrich CLIFF’s research.