ENVS 2400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Policy, Precautionary Principle, Non-Renewable Resource
27 Aug 2015
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The environment as a special public policy challenge. The objective the government wants (the way things should be) Agenda setting -> policy formulation -> decision making -> policy implementation -> Roles of media, knowledge brokers and policy entrepreneurs. Policy options identified, developed and evaluated: risks, costs, benefits assess in environmental, economic and political terms. Policy goals to be achieved: jean chretien and 6% kyoto target. Means for achieving goals: policy instruments. Application of selected policy instruments by governments. Potential for implementation gaps : 9 major national/federal climate change action plans/ implementation plans/ business plans/ strategies 1990-2014. Stage 5: policy evaluation (several years, have to wait for post implementation data) Incrementalism and normal" politics vs paradigm shifts and revolutions". Sustainability challenges: we are now using about 130% of the planet"s sustainable carrying capacity for humans, over 40% of the current human population is living on less than /day. Factor 4 factor 10 reductions in materials intensity per until of economic output.
