Pub Date : 2021-11-08DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2021.2000380
E. Avoyan
ABSTRACT Collaborative environmental governance is increasingly being used by public administrators to integrate divergent sectoral interests and deliver public goods that individual organizations would fail to deliver on their own. Yet, empirical studies on how exactly collaborative governance leads to integrative outputs remain scarce. This study applies a process-tracing methodology to test the hypothesized causal mechanism of collaboration dynamics leading to integrative output in a case of collaborative flood risk management from the Netherlands, the case of Grebbedijk. By drawing on multiple data sources, the analysis validates the mechanism and confirms that the dynamic interaction of highly functional principled engagement, sufficient shared motivation and a wide range of capacities for the joint action is a causal process linked to the successful output in the studied case. However, it also demonstrates that a set of pre-determined capacities for joint action, particularly initiating leadership, procedural arrangements and resources, were critical for the mechanism to unfold successfully. The findings of this study also suggest that well-organized processes of principled engagement facilitated by adaptive and connective leaders may compensate for lack of shared motivation among collaborating parties and succeed in delivering desired collaborative outputs without investing much in building trust and shared motivation.
{"title":"Inside the black box of collaboration: a process-tracing study of collaborative flood risk governance in the Netherlands","authors":"E. Avoyan","doi":"10.1080/1523908X.2021.2000380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2021.2000380","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Collaborative environmental governance is increasingly being used by public administrators to integrate divergent sectoral interests and deliver public goods that individual organizations would fail to deliver on their own. Yet, empirical studies on how exactly collaborative governance leads to integrative outputs remain scarce. This study applies a process-tracing methodology to test the hypothesized causal mechanism of collaboration dynamics leading to integrative output in a case of collaborative flood risk management from the Netherlands, the case of Grebbedijk. By drawing on multiple data sources, the analysis validates the mechanism and confirms that the dynamic interaction of highly functional principled engagement, sufficient shared motivation and a wide range of capacities for the joint action is a causal process linked to the successful output in the studied case. However, it also demonstrates that a set of pre-determined capacities for joint action, particularly initiating leadership, procedural arrangements and resources, were critical for the mechanism to unfold successfully. The findings of this study also suggest that well-organized processes of principled engagement facilitated by adaptive and connective leaders may compensate for lack of shared motivation among collaborating parties and succeed in delivering desired collaborative outputs without investing much in building trust and shared motivation.","PeriodicalId":15699,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning","volume":"50 1","pages":"227 - 241"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74300521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-11-02DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2021.1903408
P. Thuy, T. Duyen, Nong Nguyen Khanh Ngoc, N. D. Tien
ABSTRACT REDD+ is recognized in the Paris Agreement as a key mitigation policy for addressing climate change. However, a major challenge that has impeded REDD+ is ensuring gender equity. This paper analyses the policies and progress of gender mainstreaming in REDD+ processes in 17 countries between 2008 and 2019. Findings show that there are increasing political commitment and numerous policies in place that emphasize the need for gender equity in REDD+. There are differences in the level of gender mainstreaming across the 17 countries studied. We found several enabling conditions that would help countries to advance gender mainstreaming, including strong political commitment, clear gender action plans, strong law enforcement, dedicated funding for gender, and inclusive decision-making. The paper also illustrates how countries transform political commitment on gender mainstreaming in REDD+ into action.
{"title":"Mainstreaming gender in REDD+ policies and projects in 17 countries","authors":"P. Thuy, T. Duyen, Nong Nguyen Khanh Ngoc, N. D. Tien","doi":"10.1080/1523908X.2021.1903408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2021.1903408","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT REDD+ is recognized in the Paris Agreement as a key mitigation policy for addressing climate change. However, a major challenge that has impeded REDD+ is ensuring gender equity. This paper analyses the policies and progress of gender mainstreaming in REDD+ processes in 17 countries between 2008 and 2019. Findings show that there are increasing political commitment and numerous policies in place that emphasize the need for gender equity in REDD+. There are differences in the level of gender mainstreaming across the 17 countries studied. We found several enabling conditions that would help countries to advance gender mainstreaming, including strong political commitment, clear gender action plans, strong law enforcement, dedicated funding for gender, and inclusive decision-making. The paper also illustrates how countries transform political commitment on gender mainstreaming in REDD+ into action.","PeriodicalId":15699,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning","volume":"11 1","pages":"701 - 715"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78325226","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-24DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2021.1992265
J. Tosun, M. Koch
ABSTRACT In 2018, a citizens’ initiative (CI) launched in the German State of Bavaria put forth the ‘policy idea’ of preserving and enhancing biodiversity and formulated a concrete policy proposal for implementing it. This policy idea diffused across Germany and resulted in the launch of similar CIs in the States of Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, and North Rhine-Westphalia. Research on policy diffusion through governmental channels has found that this process typically results in one of two outcomes: the policy in question is either adopted in a copy-and-paste manner or adapted to the respective local conditions. Did the diffusion process of the Bavarian CI result in the other CIs proposing a similar or different mix of policy goals and instruments? We find that the mix of policy goals corresponded closely to that of the Bavarian CI, suggesting diffusion through imitation or learning but with an element of adaptation as well. Striking differences exist between the mix of policy instruments employed by the Bavaria-based CI and the other CIs, which corroborates the importance of adaptation to local conditions.
{"title":"Policy mixes for biodiversity: a diffusion analysis of state-level citizens’ initiatives in Germany","authors":"J. Tosun, M. Koch","doi":"10.1080/1523908X.2021.1992265","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2021.1992265","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In 2018, a citizens’ initiative (CI) launched in the German State of Bavaria put forth the ‘policy idea’ of preserving and enhancing biodiversity and formulated a concrete policy proposal for implementing it. This policy idea diffused across Germany and resulted in the launch of similar CIs in the States of Baden-Württemberg, Brandenburg, Lower Saxony, and North Rhine-Westphalia. Research on policy diffusion through governmental channels has found that this process typically results in one of two outcomes: the policy in question is either adopted in a copy-and-paste manner or adapted to the respective local conditions. Did the diffusion process of the Bavarian CI result in the other CIs proposing a similar or different mix of policy goals and instruments? We find that the mix of policy goals corresponded closely to that of the Bavarian CI, suggesting diffusion through imitation or learning but with an element of adaptation as well. Striking differences exist between the mix of policy instruments employed by the Bavaria-based CI and the other CIs, which corroborates the importance of adaptation to local conditions.","PeriodicalId":15699,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning","volume":"1 1","pages":"513 - 525"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83733711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-10-22DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2021.1992266
M. LaBelle, Roxana Bucată, Ana Stojilovska
ABSTRACT This article proposes the energy justice framework can benefit from a radical reframing to expose broader structural injustices in the transitions towards a net-zero energy system. There are two objectives of this paper: First, is to outline how energy justice can provide a radical critique of injustices of the energy system – a more activist centered approach; and second, to use energy justice to identify who is responsible for unjust policies within the energy system. The second point is important to understand what is meant by a ‘just transition.’ Who decides how others are compensated for the transition and the loss of their jobs? The theoretical limitation of energy justice is the normative framing which does not identify the structural causes of injustice and avoids identifying the source causing the structural injustice. This article develops and applies radical energy justice to the case of the Jiu Valley in Romania, a coal-mining region, and an early site for the European Union’s Green Deal Just Transition Mechanism.
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Pub Date : 2021-10-20DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2021.1992264
Jan Armstrong
ABSTRACT While local governments have emerged as policy leaders on climate change, evidence indicates that many of the policies enacted do not significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This study focuses on ambitious climate policymaking, examining the stakeholders involved and their concerns, including the role of local control. The study analyzes Community Choice Aggregation in California, an impactful climate policy that local governments have pursued throughout the state over the past decade. A qualitative-driven approach is used, including interviews with policymakers and stakeholders in five areas of the state that adopted the policy and two areas that voted against it. An interconnected effort of local elected officials and grassroots groups led the policymaking process, driven by concern about climate change and a desire for local control. Grassroots engagement can be critical in building support and coalitions for ambitious climate policies. Stakeholders and governments embraced local control to shape policies to match their priorities and achieve a variety of co-benefits.
{"title":"Taking control to do more: how local governments and communities can enact ambitious climate mitigation policies","authors":"Jan Armstrong","doi":"10.1080/1523908X.2021.1992264","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2021.1992264","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT While local governments have emerged as policy leaders on climate change, evidence indicates that many of the policies enacted do not significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This study focuses on ambitious climate policymaking, examining the stakeholders involved and their concerns, including the role of local control. The study analyzes Community Choice Aggregation in California, an impactful climate policy that local governments have pursued throughout the state over the past decade. A qualitative-driven approach is used, including interviews with policymakers and stakeholders in five areas of the state that adopted the policy and two areas that voted against it. An interconnected effort of local elected officials and grassroots groups led the policymaking process, driven by concern about climate change and a desire for local control. Grassroots engagement can be critical in building support and coalitions for ambitious climate policies. Stakeholders and governments embraced local control to shape policies to match their priorities and achieve a variety of co-benefits.","PeriodicalId":15699,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning","volume":"17 1","pages":"160 - 174"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81313830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-09-23DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2021.1981266
F. Ehnert, Markus Egermann, Anna Betsch
ABSTRACT The recent literature on intermediaries in urban sustainability transitions has studied their role as a translator between innovative niches and incumbent regimes. In urban sustainability transitions, intermediaries from both civil society and public institutions seek to bridge diverging world views and communicate innovative lessons learned back to the incumbent regime. How these intermediaries are embedded in local governance contexts and how the political dynamics inherent to urban sustainability transitions play out remains a research gap. As these transitions require political consensus-building, we explore the interaction between Transition Town Initiatives (TTIs) as niche intermediaries seeking to transform society from below, and regime-based transition intermediaries operating from above. In a comparative study of four German cities, we analyse why and how niche and regime intermediaries build partnerships for urban transitions towards sustainability. While Transition Town Hannover and Bluepingu in Nuremberg have successfully established partnerships with the municipalities, Transition Town Göttingen and Transition Town Kassel have struggled in their efforts to do so. These differences can be explained by the interactions between structural conditions, political priorities and institution-building, as well as the proficiency of transition intermediaries.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-03DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2021.1960806
Claudia Tomateo
ABSTRACT For many, Green Infrastructure (GI) is a modern ecological planning concept focusing on stormwater runoff. This paper argues for the importance of Indigenous Knowledge (IK) in GI planning and policy through the case study of the Tumbes Basin. The Basin serves as home to a diverse array of Pre-Hispanic Indigenous networked agro-ecological practices and landscape interventions guided by a worldview marrying humans and landscapes dating back to immemorial times of human habitation in the Americas (∼36,000 BP). By 900 BCE–1100 CE this planned regional network was actively managing landslides, stormwater runoff, and riverine flooding, all challenges are currently being exacerbated by climate change and urban development. Today, this landscape-level network is one of the biggest GI systems in Peru and yet remains unacknowledged in emergent GI policy and planning. By examining existing Peruvian scholarship on landscape practices, and visualizing Pre-Hispanic landscape networks in the Tumbes Basin, this study makes the case for Peruvian GI policy to be guided by Indigenous Knowledge and governance systems. Such a transformation requires a deeper integration of Indigenous conceptualizations of GI with other infrastructure systems and regional urban planning and design.
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Pub Date : 2021-09-03DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2021.1976565
A. Matsler, Z. Grabowski, Alison D. Elder
The multifaceted geographies of green infrastructure policy and planning: socio-environmental dreams, nightmares, and amnesia A. Marissa Matsler, Zbigniew J. Grabowski and Alison D. Elder Environmental Science & Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA; Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY, USA; Urban Systems Lab, The New School, New York, NY, USA; School of Geography, Development, & Environment, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
绿色基础设施政策和规划的多面地理:社会环境的梦想、噩梦和失忆A. Marissa Matsler, Zbigniew J. Grabowski和Alison D. Elder环境科学与技术，马里兰大学，College Park，马里兰州，美国卡里生态系统研究所，米尔布鲁克，纽约州，美国;城市系统实验室，新学院，纽约，纽约，美国;美国亚利桑那州图森市亚利桑那大学地理、发展与环境学院
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Pub Date : 2021-08-22DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2021.1967731
T. Schulz, E. Lieberherr, A. Zabel
ABSTRACT The term ‘bioeconomy’ stands for an economy that primarily relies on renewable biotic resources and thus supports the vision of a low carbon society. The respective ‘bioeconomy strategies’ bear high conflict potential as they, sometimes unintentionally, rely on forest-land or wood as a resource, which are already appropriated also in other policies. We first outline the resulting governance challenges in terms of coherence of policy goals, consistency of instruments and the congruence between the two and identify trade-offs between forest ecosystem services that exhibit a high conflict potential regarding the bioeconomy. We then provide a comparative analysis of the extent to which bioeconomy strategies tackle the related governance challenges for two pairs of countries from the temperate (Germany and Switzerland) and the boreal (Sweden and Norway) forest zone. We find that the strategies do not mention conflicts related to wood mobilization. Coherence and consistency tend to be addressed for non-extractive forest utilizations that are perceived as a market opportunity rather than solely a restriction on wood mobilization. The latter seems more common in countries with a multi-functional forestry paradigm. Consequences for the prevailing forest management paradigm, however, are not explored in the strategies and thus policy congruence is neglected.
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Pub Date : 2021-08-03DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2021.1960807
Desirée A. Fiske
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene emerges as a distinct narrative in Global Environmental Change (GEC) discourse that intertwines theories of geological significance with reflections on humanity and a heightened sense of urgency. As the Anthropocene integrates into governance lexicon, it simultaneously interrupts previously adhered to narratives and the institutional logic which follow. This article analyzes institutionalization of the Anthropocene in UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB). Through a discourse-institutional approach, I find an evolution of GEC discourse over the 50-year history of MAB guidance documents. The Anthropocene integrates into MAB’s GEC discourse as a new philosophy, catalyzed by climate projections, but develops alongside historically dominant narratives of conservation and sustainable development. Significant cross-cutting themes between the three narratives are disentangled to provide an empirical understanding of the Anthropocene with three conclusions to support future research: (1) institutionalization of a narrative is not a clear-cut process; (2) the Anthropocene communicates introspection, urgency, and uncertainty in light of rapid ecological changes; and (3) the Anthropocene transforms MAB’s philosophy but sustainable development continues to steer its guidance, revealing a gap between philosophy and practice as the Anthropocene is institutionalized.
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