5. Final Words...................................................................................... more 5. Final Words........................................................................................................... 22 6. References............................................................................................................. 241. Using Intervention Theory to Clarify Environmental Regime Effectiveness The environmental issues ’ emergence on the international political agenda has altered the premises and forms for international cooperation. On the one hand, through their complex
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
PurposeThe goal of this paper is to enhance consideration for the potential for institutions of h... more PurposeThe goal of this paper is to enhance consideration for the potential for institutions of higher education throughout the world, in different cultures and contexts, to be change agents for sustainability. As society faces unprecedented and increasingly urgent challenges associated with accelerating environmental change, resource scarcity, increasing inequality and injustice, as well as rapid technological change, new opportunities for higher education are emerging.Design/methodology/approachThe paper builds on the emerging literature on transition management and identifies five critical issues to be considered in assessing the potential for higher education as a change agent in any particular region or place. To demonstrate the value of these critical issues, exemplary challenges and opportunities in different contexts are provided.FindingsThe five critical issues include regional‐specific dominant sustainability challenges, financing structure and independence, institutional ...
Creating incentives to promote sustainable development with climate benefits as side effects is t... more Creating incentives to promote sustainable development with climate benefits as side effects is the aim of several policy proposals in international politics. Recently, such proposals surface in the negotiations of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions by developing countries (NAMAs). We label such policy instruments Sustainable Development – Policies and Measures (SD-PAMs) after a previously proposed mechanism in the negotiations. In this
This article summarizes the findings of an international research effort, presented in this Speci... more This article summarizes the findings of an international research effort, presented in this Special Issue, intended to identify the opportunities and challenges in creating institutional arrangements that could lock in, and exploit, a dynamic in which development policies alter socio-technical systems and indirectly promote various climate activities. In doing so, it also introduces and assesses intervention theory as a novel
The Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research Report Series The reports in the Centre for Cl... more The Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research Report Series The reports in the Centre for Climate Science and Policy Series have been peer-reviewed by at least two senior researchers before publication. ... This publication can be quoted as: Román, Mikael, 2007, What ...
Proceedings of the Final Conference within the EU- …, 2000
Paper presented at the American Evaluation Society Conference, Honolulu, November 1-5, 2000 and t... more Paper presented at the American Evaluation Society Conference, Honolulu, November 1-5, 2000 and the EU Concerted Action Final Conference, Barcelona, 9-11 November, 2000.
Using policy cycle model as a heuristic, this article studies Indian, Brazilian, and South Africa... more Using policy cycle model as a heuristic, this article studies Indian, Brazilian, and South African engagement with Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) by (a) comparing NAMA policy process and (b) identifying factors driving or limiting the framework’s domestic application. India largely remained uninterested in NAMAs, Brazil aligned its domestic climate policy and NAMAs, while South Africa had a more nuanced engagement when formulating NAMAs. Four factors influenced these countries’ NAMA engagements: the level and necessity of international support, the availability of domestic policy provisions to tackle climate change, the domestic institutional capacity to coordinate interministerial functioning, and the role of individuals in the institutional apparatus. As an international climate policy framework, studying NAMA engagement provides learnings for nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement for designing the instrument, ensuring clarity on support ...
The book is multidisciplinary and worldwide in scope, with contributors spanning specialisms incl... more The book is multidisciplinary and worldwide in scope, with contributors spanning specialisms including agro-forestry, economics, environmentalism, ethics, human geography, international relations, law, politics, psychology, sociology and theology. Their global knowledge is ...
The dissertation seeks to discern the political and administrative factors that determine the res... more The dissertation seeks to discern the political and administrative factors that determine the results of international environment and development policies. On the one hand, it makes a contribution to the broader theoretical debate on international regimes by combining regime theory ...
5. Final Words...................................................................................... more 5. Final Words........................................................................................................... 22 6. References............................................................................................................. 241. Using Intervention Theory to Clarify Environmental Regime Effectiveness The environmental issues ’ emergence on the international political agenda has altered the premises and forms for international cooperation. On the one hand, through their complex
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
PurposeThe goal of this paper is to enhance consideration for the potential for institutions of h... more PurposeThe goal of this paper is to enhance consideration for the potential for institutions of higher education throughout the world, in different cultures and contexts, to be change agents for sustainability. As society faces unprecedented and increasingly urgent challenges associated with accelerating environmental change, resource scarcity, increasing inequality and injustice, as well as rapid technological change, new opportunities for higher education are emerging.Design/methodology/approachThe paper builds on the emerging literature on transition management and identifies five critical issues to be considered in assessing the potential for higher education as a change agent in any particular region or place. To demonstrate the value of these critical issues, exemplary challenges and opportunities in different contexts are provided.FindingsThe five critical issues include regional‐specific dominant sustainability challenges, financing structure and independence, institutional ...
Creating incentives to promote sustainable development with climate benefits as side effects is t... more Creating incentives to promote sustainable development with climate benefits as side effects is the aim of several policy proposals in international politics. Recently, such proposals surface in the negotiations of Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions by developing countries (NAMAs). We label such policy instruments Sustainable Development – Policies and Measures (SD-PAMs) after a previously proposed mechanism in the negotiations. In this
This article summarizes the findings of an international research effort, presented in this Speci... more This article summarizes the findings of an international research effort, presented in this Special Issue, intended to identify the opportunities and challenges in creating institutional arrangements that could lock in, and exploit, a dynamic in which development policies alter socio-technical systems and indirectly promote various climate activities. In doing so, it also introduces and assesses intervention theory as a novel
The Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research Report Series The reports in the Centre for Cl... more The Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research Report Series The reports in the Centre for Climate Science and Policy Series have been peer-reviewed by at least two senior researchers before publication. ... This publication can be quoted as: Román, Mikael, 2007, What ...
Proceedings of the Final Conference within the EU- …, 2000
Paper presented at the American Evaluation Society Conference, Honolulu, November 1-5, 2000 and t... more Paper presented at the American Evaluation Society Conference, Honolulu, November 1-5, 2000 and the EU Concerted Action Final Conference, Barcelona, 9-11 November, 2000.
Using policy cycle model as a heuristic, this article studies Indian, Brazilian, and South Africa... more Using policy cycle model as a heuristic, this article studies Indian, Brazilian, and South African engagement with Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) by (a) comparing NAMA policy process and (b) identifying factors driving or limiting the framework’s domestic application. India largely remained uninterested in NAMAs, Brazil aligned its domestic climate policy and NAMAs, while South Africa had a more nuanced engagement when formulating NAMAs. Four factors influenced these countries’ NAMA engagements: the level and necessity of international support, the availability of domestic policy provisions to tackle climate change, the domestic institutional capacity to coordinate interministerial functioning, and the role of individuals in the institutional apparatus. As an international climate policy framework, studying NAMA engagement provides learnings for nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement for designing the instrument, ensuring clarity on support ...
The book is multidisciplinary and worldwide in scope, with contributors spanning specialisms incl... more The book is multidisciplinary and worldwide in scope, with contributors spanning specialisms including agro-forestry, economics, environmentalism, ethics, human geography, international relations, law, politics, psychology, sociology and theology. Their global knowledge is ...
The dissertation seeks to discern the political and administrative factors that determine the res... more The dissertation seeks to discern the political and administrative factors that determine the results of international environment and development policies. On the one hand, it makes a contribution to the broader theoretical debate on international regimes by combining regime theory ...
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