Tag Archives: economics
Ecology, Environment v Economy, Governance, Human Rights, Paradigms, Policy Issues, Sustainability
Green Governance: Ecological Survival, Human Rights, and the Law of the Commons (B. Weston and D. Bollier)
June 14, 2014 Helena
Burns H. Weston and David Bollier
sustainability, ecosystems, environmental protection, economics, national sovereignty, international law, green governance, paradigm shift, human rights, public policy
The vast majority of the world's scientists agree: we have reached a point in history where we are in grave danger of destroying Earth's life-sustaining capacity. But our attempts to protect natural ecosystems are increasingly ineffective because our very conception of the problem is limited; we treat "the environment" as its own separate realm, taking for granted prevailing but outmoded conceptions of economics, national sovereignty, and international law. Green Governance is a direct response to the mounting calls for a paradigm shift in the way humans relate to the natural environment. It opens the door to a new set of solutions by proposing a compelling new synthesis of environmental protection based on broader notions of economics and human rights and on commons-based governance. Going beyond speculative abstractions, the book proposes a new architecture of environmental law and public policy that is as practical as it is theoretically sound.
Burns H. Weston and David Bollier, Green Governance: Ecological Survival, Human Rights, and the Law of the Commons (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
Green Governance: Ecological Survival, Human Rights, and the Law of the Commons
economicsecosystemsenvironmental protectiongreen governanceHuman Rightsinternational lawnational sovereigntyparadigm shiftpublic policysustainability
Environmental Economics, Sustainable Development
Sustainable development: an evolutionary economic approach (P. van Griethuysen)
May 24, 2014 Evadne Grant
Pascal van Griethuysen
Sustainable development, economics, socio-environmental dynamics.
In this paper, it is argued that the view of the economic sphere as a closed system cannot appropriately deal with the issue of sustainable development. Evolutionary economics is then presented as a fruitful alternative to apprehend the interactions between the economic, the human and the natural spheres. This emerging field offers both a firm theoretical basis (based upon recent developments in physics, biology, dynamic systems theory and the sciences of complexity) and practical, pragmatic answers to the implementation of a sustainable path of development. This is further illustrated with the presentation of the evolutionary logic of a multi-level common regime. Such a regime could be an institutional counterpart of social and environmental dynamics.
(2002) 10(1) Sustainable Development, 1-11.
Sustainable development: an evolutionary economic approach.
economicssocio-environmental dynamics.sustainable development
Energy, Environment v Economy, Governance
Energy, economic development, the environment and effective global governance…(A. Adaralegbe)
February 28, 2014 Anna
Adebayo Adaralegbe
Global governance; economic development; environmental degradation; energy
Looks at the impact of global governance on the balance between economic development and environmental degradation through hydrocarbon energy policy. Examines the relationship between the economic system and the environment, and the divergent opinions of orthodox economists and ecological economists. Lists global governance instruments and assesses the effectiveness of global governance.
(2005) 8 International Energy Law & Taxation Review 185-192
Energy, economic development, the environment and effective global governance: an introduction
economicsglobal governancehydrocarbon energy
Agriculture, Development, Environment v Economy, Environmental Economics, Mitigation, Natural Resources, Poverty, Socio-Economic Rights, Sustainable Development
Global Carbon Market: Opportunities for Sub-Saharan Africa in Agriculture and Forestry (E. Bryan, et al)
Elizabeth Bryan, Wisdom Akpalu, Mahmud Yesuf, Claudia Ringler
Carbon market, clean development mechanism, climate change, mitigation, sub-Saharan Africa
Developing countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), remain marginalized in global carbon markets despite significant mitigation opportunities in agriculture and forestry. The economic potential for mitigation through agriculture in the African region is estimated at 17 per cent of the total global mitigation potential for the sector. Similarly, Africa's forestry potential is 23 per cent of the global total for the sector. To unleash the huge potential for mitigation in SSA, carbon markets should be expanded to include projects related to agriculture, forestry and other land uses (AFOLU). Given the important synergies between agricultural mitigation and adaptation, and the difficulties in reaching out to smallholder farmers and herders, as well as the increasing poverty and hunger in the region, this article suggests that not only should carbon markets be expanded to include more AFOLU project types, but carbon markets should also increase benefits directed at smallholder farmers. Domestic policies in SSA should also be reformed to increase the profitability of environmentally sustainable practices that generate income for small producers and create investment flows for rural communities. This review paper provides an overview of global carbon markets, focusing on opportunities for carbon trading in agriculture in SSA. Major constraints to the participation of SSA in global carbon markets are discussed, and options for integrating the region into global carbon markets are proposed.
(2010) 4 Climate and Development 309
Global Carbon Market: Opportunities for sub-Saharan Africa in Agriculture and Forestry
Africaagricultureeconomicsglobal carbon marketsrural communitiessmall producerssustainable development