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Environmental Governance and Policy
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- 1Sustainable development paradigm face resistance from capitalist power structures Need scientists as policymakers to reduce uncertainty – but scientists might have their own agenda – self interestCARTER, N. 2007.
- 2• Issue Attention Cycle:public concern the government responds – not typically short-lived interest – sudden crisis – pressure groups
- 3• Advocacy Coalition Frameworkshare same belief of how policy should be achieved – a policy network
- 4• Little progress in terms of the consumption of resources – as energy producers are powerfulCARTER, N. 2007.
- 5• Predict transport policy sector will grow – sustainable policy target supply and demand – few governments have the same paradigmCARTER, N. 2007.
- 6• Fear tax on basic needs provoke public hostility – like yellow Gillet FranceCARTER, N. 2007.
- 7• Bridge sustainable development and governance • Huge differences in forms of governance: approach, opinion and human valueJORDAN, A. 2008.
- 8• Governance means multi-actors, travel between periods of times and locations • Co-ordinate power of networks and markets, decentralized approach • Never be a grand theory of governanceJORDAN, A. 2008.
- 9• Private companies directed in ways which are accountable to their stakeholders • Better to interact with stakeholders during the process to reflect • Need newer forms of governance to SDJORDAN, A. 2008.
- 10• Long-term decline of state steering power – do little to change the dynamic of a capitalist economic system • Governance is messy due to sustainability and concern for future civilisationJORDAN, A. 2008.
- 11• Hybrid governance required rather than market and state taking the lead • Share knowledge and technology – positive participation • Incorporate lower level policy makers o Colonised countries depend on existing structuresLEMOS, C. AND AGRAWAL, A. 2006.
- 12Bias view – indication of power – push own agenda and not benefit all – cynicism • Distribution of benefits not a hierarchyLEMOS, C. AND AGRAWAL, A. 2006.
- 13• Market involvement inefficiency of the state, no longer important actor – but will make profitLEMOS, C. AND AGRAWAL, A. 2006.
- 14• Climate impacts not felt for years so no urgency, even though responsibility lies with developed countriesLEMOS, C. AND AGRAWAL, A. 2006.
- 15• NGOs influence the design and implementation of mechanism – monitor progress and use their scientific knowledgeLEMOS, C. AND AGRAWAL, A. 2006.
- 16• Bureaucratic societies resilient to change – discourage behaviour change as it would be a long processHOLLING, C.S. and MEFFE, G.K. 1996
- 17• Several ranges of scale, not a linear process to change from one to anotherHOLLING, C.S. and MEFFE, G.K. 1996
- 18• Fundamental source is human population growth and consumption – manage this behaviour towards sustainable actionsHOLLING, C.S. and MEFFE, G.K. 1996
- 19• Fix rules lose of resilience need flexible management – require consistent monitoring of systems • Need to accept natural variation and constraints for long-term sustainable accessHOLLING, C.S. and MEFFE, G.K. 1996
- 20• Mechanism depends on the environmental problem • Mix of EI and C&C, to exceed policy-makers’ original expectationsHARRINGTON, W. and MORGENSTERN R.D. 2004.
- 21• Governance can compete, merge, complement and replacement government • Need to go beyond theory and test instead to see what works – like china • Govern in a globalized and networked way – change order of rule, trial new methods, new eraJORDAN, A., WURZEL, R.K.W. AND ZITO, A. 2005.
- 22• Government losing ability to steer society, too extremes of single state or self-organising – resistance • Governance designed and implemented by non-state actors which may work alongside the stateJORDAN, A., WURZEL, R.K.W. AND ZITO, A. 2005.
- 23• UK have fused VAs, eco-taxes and tradeable permits togetherJORDAN, A., WURZEL, R.K.W. AND ZITO, A. 2005.
- 24• Regulation: still widely used, provides a function for other instruments to perform, address specific targetsJORDAN, A., WURZEL, R.K.W. AND ZITO, A. 2005.
- 25• VAs can be complex to negotiate across borders, experience implantation problemsJORDAN, A., WURZEL, R.K.W. AND ZITO, A. 2005.
- 26• Governance driven from privatisation, - may generate a new form of government • Change relationship between government, and non-governmental actors as they interact to steer society using different policy instruments – softer tools • Lines of governance, governments and regulation blurredJORDAN, A., WURZEL, R.K.W. AND ZITO, A. 2005.
- 27• Decisions are evidence based to promote confidence • Transparency complements governance, tackle, corruption, accountability, MBIsGUPTA, A. 2010.
- 28• Private sector getting off lightly • Power imbalance and conflicts over norms make transparency incomplete and limited, even with open participation, will it overcome this?GUPTA, A. 2010.
- 29• Global governance does not solve problems, just copes with them, will it transform existing norms?GUPTA, A. 2010.
- 30• Information Disclosure: Better than nothing, but doesn’t have high impactGUPTA, A. 2010.
- 31• Industry pollution information will spur better industrial performance • Industry driven by pre-empting regulations, to counter aggressive policiesSTEPHAN, M. 2002.
- 32• Citizens' ideologies: compel industries to perform well. More policy liberalism caused an increase in the percentage of risk reducersSTEPHAN, M. 2002.
- 33• Leon in Mexico national campaign to improve water quality – VA had little impact • VAs undermined by gaps in legal, needed to make regulation effective • Lack capacity to implement regulations as enforcement required for standardsBLACKMAN, A. AND SISTO, N.P. 2005.
- 34• VA created an appearance of progress – political cover to deflect public pressure • Need a range of structures to ensure commitments aren’t dodged • Threat to implement C&C if VA results in no complianceBLACKMAN, A. AND SISTO, N.P. 2005.
- 35• Created an equation for VEP effectiveness • VEP not affect polluting industries in the same way as regulation • VEP better for small environmental improvements that are relatively cheapBORCK, J.C. and COGLIANESE, C. 2008.
- 36• Linear links (clearly defined analysis) between agenda setting, decision-making and implementationKEEELEY, J. and SCOONES, I. 2000.
- 37• Policy-making is diverse and complicated, as policies compete and overlapKEEELEY, J. and SCOONES, I. 2000.
- 38• Rooted ideologies and history affect policy process and participation o This could however result in conflict over decisions, laws and implementation e.g. Promote tech to boost food production vs low input conservation agricultureKEEELEY, J. and SCOONES, I. 2000.
- 39• Things can change is established policies fragment, and other arguments are incorporated • Conflict of knowledge – whose position is established • Policy is determined by knowledge and powerKEEELEY, J. and SCOONES, I. 2000.
- 40• Rise and fall depends on the success of actors, and creation of networks to create policy space • Need to understand origins of the policy to understand what and how policy changes for good interventionKEEELEY, J. and SCOONES, I. 2000.
- 41• Prescriptive: analyse how to make a policy so public demands are put into government action o Unrealistic difficult to describe a meaningful model to policy-makers straightforwardly • Continuously cycle through stages, policy making is not a single eventCAIRNEY, P. 2013.
- 42• Agenda Setting:define and prioritise issues that require government attention
- 43• Policy Formulation:set objectives, costs, and policy instruments
- 44• Legitimisation:the chosen policy instrument has support through consent and approval of networks
- 45• Implementation:an organization takes responsibility for planned operation, ensure they have the resources
- 46• Evaluation:to what extent was the policy successful, was it correct, did it have the desired effect
o Consider if the policy should be continued, modified, or discontinued - 47• Multi-actors using the resource can affect the outcome • Works across disciplinary lines, linking broader contextual variable to situation variables to understand how social and ecological factors effect human behaviourOSTROM, E. 2011.
- 48• Some variables are more important that others, depends on research type • Need to develop methods to study evolution over timeOSTROM, E. 2011.
- 49• New actors to make sense of current socio-political transformationsBIERMANN, F. AND PATTBERG, P. 2008.
- 50• Increasing fragmentation and segmentation of governance system across levels o Governance has to co-exist between levels – vertically between national to local and horizontally between different rule making systems by different groups of actorsBIERMANN, F. AND PATTBERG, P. 2008.
- 51• New definition of governance implies some degree of self-regulationBIERMANN, F. AND PATTBERG, P. 2008.
- 52• May bring in private actors as a solution – but who holds them to account? Legitimacy might be questioned depending on donors, member and what environmental good they seek • Transnational actors like the IPCC can seek to balance view and interestsBIERMANN, F. AND PATTBERG, P. 2008.
- 53• Multiple actors coordinate action to make governance arrangements for a specific issue areaFALKNER, R. 2003.
- 54• 20th century state regulatory role in the provisions of GEG, through this re-emergence of economic private governance and restructured state function • Rise of private forms of governance linked with the downfall of state led governance – state failed to govern common pool resources – inadequateFALKNER, R. 2003.
- 55• Corporate regulation reflects a need to respond to public pressure • Private governance meant a shift in ideology and authority – are global markets able to correct their wrongsFALKNER, R. 2003.
- 56• Activists groups shape global, press private actors into action, which alters the identity as non-state actors • Private environmental governance strengthens liberal paradigm and promotes global self-regulation • Not a straightforward shift to firms, but complex, interdependence between private and public actors (mix)FALKNER, R. 2003.
- 57• To solve problems need co-management across scales – no longer a hierarchy overcome mismatchCASH, D. ET AL. 2006.
- 58• Knowledge is a scale between traditional and modernCASH, D. ET AL. 2006.
- 59o Ignorance: analysing complex human behaviour can be ignored because it is too tricky to fathomCASH, D. ET AL. 2006.
- 60Asymmetry of information in Tobago has meant the development of cross-level mechanism through regional and national networks of organisationCASH, D. ET AL. 2006.
- 61Require coordination and complementary expertise to cross knowledge over the boundaries • When scalar and linkage problems are addressed with sustainable solutions = successful managementCASH, D. ET AL. 2006.
- 62• Rethink dynamics by involving NGOs and movements to pursue goalsMcCARTHY, J. 2005.
- 63• Believes frameworks are too binary • NGOs enforce scalar relationships they are trying to reconfigure. Need a flexible approach, to engage with broaden scales, to not focus one single conceptions of scales.McCARTHY, J. 2005.
- 64• Concern whether NGO governance means more or less democracy • Capitalist ideologies are deeply interwoven – need to encompass this struggleMcCARTHY, J. 2005.
- 65• Scale assists addressing sustainability issues and a globalizing world through interdisciplinary approach • Problems with scales of public goods arise when scales don’t match boundaries of government authoritiesTERMEER, J.A.M, ET AL. 2010.
- 66o Understand complex processes, governance systems, norms that evaluate and judge governance o Insight into politics framing scales and improve design and arrangements of governanceTERMEER, J.A.M, ET AL. 2010.
- 67• Co-existence of approaches – both tradition and innovation are correct and can merge to allow varietyTERMEER, J.A.M, ET AL. 2010.
- 68• Activism comes from perceived risks and linked to emerging political conflicts over society and globalisationGARAVAN, M. 2007.
- 69• Social movements evolve and have a historical context – the nature of human societyGARAVAN, M. 2007.
- 70• Easier to mobilise present grievances in contrast to temporal, as they might not be easily solvedGARAVAN, M. 2007.
- 71• Community framing of the problem continually shifted with new knowledge – reflected on culture, as they had the threat of a large business taking that from themGARAVAN, M. 2007.
- 72• Environmental discourse in the background of extra concerns eg health risk and their version of development – environment centre stage for other issues – greater complexityGARAVAN, M. 2007.
- 73• Official environmentalism:Academic experts worked with state to establish environmental organisation
- 74• Populist environmentalismreflecting local community’s experience of development struggles
- 75• Conflict arises from control and defence of a place from outsiders, => locals formed an alliance/new social network to resist – maybe this will transcend to global network of resistanceGARAVAN, M. 2007.
- 76• A policy incorporating citizen preference will be implemented smoother = less cost, and diffuse opposition • Gain legitimacy and empower, social capital by being involvedIRVIN R.A. and STANSBURY, J. 2004.
- 77• Collaborative decision works best when the group is small and homogeneous, but this doesn’t = representation – might be selfishIRVIN R.A. and STANSBURY, J. 2004.
- 78• Lack of representation and authority are key to why it may backfire and left dissatisfiedIRVIN R.A. and STANSBURY, J. 2004.
- 79• Papillion Creek, USA, unsuccessful, one representative out of 15 showed up to the meetings. Project failed to define the problem, thus lack of public interest, meaning complacency occurred – the environment was not an issue people felt strongly aboutIRVIN R.A. and STANSBURY, J. 2004.
- 80• Azerbaijan: juggling resource wealth (huge revenues) with instability, used EITI to promote distrubtion of revenues within the country – to guarantee benefits for the communityWILSON, E. ET AL. 2009.
- 81c• Citizens scrutinize contracts between gov and industry to maximise contribution to sustainable developmentWILSON, E. ET AL. 2009.
- 82• Lack of long term participation has meant reliance on charitable supportWILSON, E. ET AL. 2009.
- 83• Land used as leverage in negotiations – IIED’s tools to help local groups that are facing threat to their land access, Mali used to empower communitiesWILSON, E. ET AL. 2009.
- 84• New communication technologies combined with traditional media – empower citizen journalism o Green-hotlines in Nigeria text message about ecological and human rights abuses o GPS assist indigenous groups to map out tribal land rightsWILSON, E. ET AL. 2009.
- 85• Participation in science is seen as resistance against percieved scientization of politics, to produce own knowledge – new relationship between science and citizensBACKSTRAND, K. 2003.
- 86• Triangular science-politics interface: experts, policy-makers and citizens – all 3 are actorsBACKSTRAND, K. 2003.
- 87• Exploitation of scientific uncertainty inhibits sustainable managements and science loses its credibilityBACKSTRAND, K. 2003.
- 88• Civic science participation, representation and democratization o It emerges from big planetary science and the legitimacy crisis for modern science o Restores public trust and response to the complexity of global environmental problemsBACKSTRAND, K. 2003.
- 89• Find balance between tradition and participation, and between technical and deliberative approachesBACKSTRAND, K. 2003.
- 90• Risk underlines modern environmental regulation • Risk is deeply woven in cultural values and beliefs concerning agency, causation and uncertainty, it is only accessible to experts and constructed out of history and experienceJASONOFF, S. 1999.
- 91• Controversies about risk resulted from how knowledge constructs the complexities of the environment • Risks interprets the relationship between others and the planet, not a description of nature • To often it is assumed that environmental risks will resonate in the same way with everyoneJASONOFF, S. 1999.
- 92• At the earliest stages need to intertwine science with politics in the decision-making process • In light of experience, need the ability to go back to initial problem frames – require flexibilityJASONOFF, S. 1999.
- 93• Risk shouldn’t be the basis of central authority with claims from superior expertise – regulation needs to be more open-ended to dissect multiple perspectives • Understanding risk need to acknowledge to own provisional statusJASONOFF, S. 1999.
- 94• Political reluctance to go above and beyond • Environment, society and economics is a nested modelGRIGGS, D. et al. 2013.
- 95• Sustainable Developmentmeet the needs of the present and future, through safeguarding the Earth’s systems
- 96• Credible studies behind not crossing these boundaries: climate change, ocean acidification, change in land useGRIGGS, D. et al. 2013.
- 97• Many knowledge gaps in regards to risk, enable societies to become resource efficient, sustainable and wealthyGRIGGS, D. et al. 2013.
- 98• Scientific basis of the risk that humans can do to destabilize the planetary boundaries • Human activity is affecting Earth systems – zone of uncertainty highlights increasing risk • Explore cross-scalar interactions and regional heterogeneity of boundary processesSTEFFEN, W. et al. 2015.
- 99• Develop science to understand these thresholds – need time for society to respond • If earth’s resilience is not maintained could result in a loss of genetic diversity – need to prepare • Increase frequency of heat waves and heavy rainfallSTEFFEN, W. et al. 2015.
- 100• Doesn’t identify social implications, changes in economy, or methods to prevent exceeding the planetary boundariesSTEFFEN, W. et al. 2015.
- 101• Problem wealthy countries are exploiting natural resources, not considering their limits • Policy has too much emphasis on GDP, economics shouldn’t have a monetary value, instead it should determine the nation’s distribution of benefits/wealth and consider the negative externalitiesRAWORTH, K. 2017.
- 102• Variety of regional and local thresholds of diversity and land/water useRAWORTH, K. 2017.
- 103• Economics might change who we become – can be a good and bad thing • Studying economics changes behaviour: helpfulness, honesty, and loyalty become less important traits o Assume everyone is selfish • This is not the case as humans are capable of cooperating – other things are able to motivate humans, not just moneyRAWORTH, K. 2017.
- 104• There is a lot of uncertainty in the real world do to human action • We are part of nature’s cycle not a separate entityRAWORTH, K. 2017.
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