Dr Su-Ming Khoo, Political Science & Sociology presented this seminar entitled From Constitutionalized Environmental Rights to Contested Sustainable Development and Beyond as part of the 2016 Whitaker Ideas Forum series of seminars representing the Environment, Development, and Sustainability Research Cluster on 25th February 2016.
Governance for Sustainable Development, Paths of development, Sustainability, protection and creation, Requirements of sustainability, Pillars of sustainable development, Good governance, Elements of Good Governance, Transition management
The influence of politics on environmental managementcaxtonk2008
Politics is part and parcel of environmental management
This calls for integration of political and environmental aspects in environmental management
It also calls for proper understanding of legislations and other political aspects in order to ensure effective and sustainable management processes
Concept of sustainable development
• Social, Economical and Environmental aspect of sustainable development.
Environmental education, Resource utilization as per the carrying capacity
The document defines sustainable development as maintaining a balance between meeting human needs and preserving natural resources for future generations. It discusses several models that visualize the relationship between the economy, environment, and society, including the three pillar model, the egg of sustainability model, and the prism of sustainability model. It also examines indicators used to measure progress toward sustainable development, such as the Gross National Happiness Index, Human Development Index, Ecological Footprint, and Happy Planet Index. Finally, it outlines several international commitments that aim to promote sustainable development globally.
The document outlines eight principles of the American Conservation Ethic:
1. People are the most important resource and environmental policy should prioritize human well-being.
2. Renewable natural resources are resilient and respond positively to wise management which allows sustainable use without depletion.
3. Private property protections and free markets provide incentives for stewardship and environmental improvements.
4. Efforts to reduce pollution should achieve real environmental benefits and be based on scientific assessments of risks and costs versus benefits.
Critical issues in India , understanding the difference between conventional behavior vs Sustainable behavior , sustainable development , what are the issues ,which media should focus on? ,
Developmental psychology refers to changes throughout the lifespan from conception to death. This document discusses several key aspects of lifespan development including:
1. Physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development occurs in stages from infancy to adulthood. Infancy is focused on physical growth and adjusting to the outside world, while early childhood sees gains in independence and social skills.
2. Each stage of development has characteristics like physical changes or social expectations that influence how people grow. Hazards like illness or poor parenting can also impact development.
3. Researchers study development through longitudinal, cross-sectional and other methods. Factors like biology, environment, culture and the lifecycle shape a person's unique development. Proper stimulation
Governance for Sustainable Development, Paths of development, Sustainability, protection and creation, Requirements of sustainability, Pillars of sustainable development, Good governance, Elements of Good Governance, Transition management
The influence of politics on environmental managementcaxtonk2008
Politics is part and parcel of environmental management
This calls for integration of political and environmental aspects in environmental management
It also calls for proper understanding of legislations and other political aspects in order to ensure effective and sustainable management processes
Concept of sustainable development
• Social, Economical and Environmental aspect of sustainable development.
Environmental education, Resource utilization as per the carrying capacity
The document defines sustainable development as maintaining a balance between meeting human needs and preserving natural resources for future generations. It discusses several models that visualize the relationship between the economy, environment, and society, including the three pillar model, the egg of sustainability model, and the prism of sustainability model. It also examines indicators used to measure progress toward sustainable development, such as the Gross National Happiness Index, Human Development Index, Ecological Footprint, and Happy Planet Index. Finally, it outlines several international commitments that aim to promote sustainable development globally.
The document outlines eight principles of the American Conservation Ethic:
1. People are the most important resource and environmental policy should prioritize human well-being.
2. Renewable natural resources are resilient and respond positively to wise management which allows sustainable use without depletion.
3. Private property protections and free markets provide incentives for stewardship and environmental improvements.
4. Efforts to reduce pollution should achieve real environmental benefits and be based on scientific assessments of risks and costs versus benefits.
Critical issues in India , understanding the difference between conventional behavior vs Sustainable behavior , sustainable development , what are the issues ,which media should focus on? ,
Developmental psychology refers to changes throughout the lifespan from conception to death. This document discusses several key aspects of lifespan development including:
1. Physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development occurs in stages from infancy to adulthood. Infancy is focused on physical growth and adjusting to the outside world, while early childhood sees gains in independence and social skills.
2. Each stage of development has characteristics like physical changes or social expectations that influence how people grow. Hazards like illness or poor parenting can also impact development.
3. Researchers study development through longitudinal, cross-sectional and other methods. Factors like biology, environment, culture and the lifecycle shape a person's unique development. Proper stimulation
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
This document discusses the need for societies and economies to embrace environmental ethics as a driver for stable, just, and self-sustaining communities worldwide. It notes that current societies face challenges like climate change and ecosystem degradation. The paper recommends adopting ethical duties and virtues focused on positive environmental outcomes. Embracing environmental ethics could help address issues and create more humane and sustainable living conditions for future generations.
Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the future by balancing social, economic, and environmental objectives. Education for sustainable development as defined by UNESCO is based on sustainable development principles, deals with environmental, social and economic wellbeing, promotes lifelong learning, is locally relevant and culturally appropriate, addresses both global issues and local priorities, and builds capacity for community-based decision making through an interdisciplinary approach.
Sustainability, characteristics and scientific rootsNuno Quental
This document summarizes the key scientific approaches and principles underlying the concept of sustainability. It identifies three relevant scientific approaches - ecological economics, sustainability transition, and sustainability science. By analyzing these approaches, the document derives four common sustainability principles: 1) acknowledging biophysical limits to economic scale, 2) focusing on societal welfare and development, 3) understanding systems have minimum needs for viability, and 4) recognizing system complexity. It then examines the scientific roots of each principle and discusses how understandings have progressed from static views of limits and impacts to more dynamic, integrated visions.
Core Elements of Environmental Rule of LawPreeti Sikder
Environmental rule of law (ERL) represents the efficient and effective functioning of environmental governance across multiple levels of institutions, sectors, and actors. Core elements of ERL include public participation in environmental decision making, which improves information available to decision makers, enhances implementation, avoids or resolves disputes, builds public support, and improves compliance. When discussing public participation, it is important to discuss access rights as a whole.
This document provides an overview of sustainability, including: the history of sustainability emerging in response to environmental issues in the 1980s; the triple bottom line approach incorporating social, environmental and economic impacts; the three dimensions of sustainability being environmental, social and economic; ways sustainability is practiced in business, academics and at UNT; and resources for further information.
The document discusses indicators of development and sustainability. It introduces indicators and their use in measuring development objectives and progress. Key criteria for good indicators are outlined, including their relevance, ability to summarize information, precision, and reliability. Sustainable development is defined as balancing near-term and future interests, including a safe environment for future generations. Twelve development priorities for Aruba are listed covering areas like education, culture, economy, environment and governance. The activity asks students to form groups, choose one development priority, and formulate two indicators to measure progress toward that objective.
The document discusses sustainable development and the challenges facing the world. It notes that the world population has grown 7-fold since the industrial revolution to over 7 billion currently and is still rising. It defines sustainable development as understanding how economic, social, environmental and political factors intersect to achieve prosperity, equality, and environmental sustainability. It outlines two paths - continuing on the current path risks crossing environmental boundaries, while sustainable development aims to meet needs within planetary limitations through solutions like smart cities, clean energy, and sustainable agriculture.
The document discusses education for sustainable development and how it relates to people with disabilities. It provides background on sustainable development goals and how the original MDGs from 2000 failed to address the needs of people with disabilities. The 17 sustainable development goals adopted in 2015 aim to be more inclusive of disabilities. Education for sustainable development seeks to empower people and promote lifelong learning so that all individuals, including those with disabilities, can work towards a more sustainable and just world.
Understanding Environmental Rule of LawPreeti Sikder
This document discusses the key concepts of environmental rule of law and environmental governance. It defines environmental rule of law as focusing on compliance and enforcement of environmental laws, while environmental governance takes a broader view to include public participation and decision making. The core elements of environmental rule of law are then outlined as fair, clear and implementable laws; access to information, participation and justice; effective environmental institutions free of corruption; and clear institutional roles to avoid regulatory overlap or gaps.
Importance of Environmental Journalism in PakistanMuhammad Qasim
This document discusses the importance of environmental journalism in Pakistan. It covers several topics, including the challenges of reporting on environmental issues, significant themes like climate change and energy efficiency, and framing issues in a way that empowers readers. The goal of environmental journalism is to communicate earth systems thinking and facilitate public understanding of complex scientific topics in order to engage citizens and inform policy decisions. It is becoming increasingly important for journalists in Pakistan to cover these issues.
This document discusses the role of science in pursuing sustainable development and the values of teaching science. Regarding sustainable development, it states that science should provide information to help formulate environmental and development policies and enhance understanding of long-term impacts. It identifies several areas where science can contribute, including new energy technologies, closed-loop production processes, environmentally-friendly transportation, green chemistry, biotechnology, and optimizing interactions between nature, society and the economy. Regarding values of teaching science, it discusses the intellectual, social, practical/utilitarian, disciplinary, and recreational benefits of learning science, such as developing critical thinking, understanding societal impacts, applying knowledge to daily life, fostering scientific habits, and enjoyment.
This document discusses sustainable development. It begins by defining sustainable development according to the UN as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It discusses the need for sustainable development to meet environmental, economic, and social goals simultaneously. Some key targets of sustainable development set by organizations like the UN and NITI Aayog in India include curbing environmental degradation, ensuring safe human life, and checking overexploitation of natural resources. The major pillars of sustainable development are the economy, society, and environment. Achieving sustainable development requires awareness campaigns, governance strategies, societal transformations, innovation, and capacity development. Environmental management is also essential.
Towards Sustainability of Open Space’s Planning and Management in Nigeria: Ro...Agboola Paul
This paper critically explores the influencing roles plays by science and technology on evolving a sustainable environment integrated with appropriate open space planning and management. It identified and discussed the strategic imperatives for sustainable development, and recommends the need for the government of developing countries to initiate an effective policy formulation. The significance of the study hinged on efforts geared towards matching up with open space planning and managements in Nigeria as developing countries
This presentation provides an introductory approach to “Sustainability 2.0” and FISDEV (Framework for Integrated Sustainable Development) an open source, collaborative methodology for corporate Sustainable Development.
Review of concepts and relationships_Dr. Vishal NarainSaciWATERs
Overview of key project concepts and
relationships around peri-urban, climate
change, adaption, vulnerability and
water security
- Dr. Vishal Narain, MDI
Melissa Leach: Pathways to Sustainability: Environmental social science and ...STEPS Centre
From NESS 2011 (The 10th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference), June 2011.
Video at http://stockholmresilience.org/seminarandevents/otherseminars/ness2011/videoarchive.4.1f74f76413071d337c380005790.html
The document discusses bridging the gap between emergency preparedness and response for all communities. It notes that preparedness efforts have not accounted for varying financial resources and that minorities and those with lower incomes are more vulnerable during disasters. It argues that environmental education and preparedness programs need to consider the distinct demographic characteristics of communities to be effective and ensure social and environmental justice. The document concludes by stressing the importance of understanding coupled human-environment systems and social determinants of health to promote resilience for all.
6th International Disaster and Risk Conference IDRC 2016 Integrative Risk Management - Towards Resilient Cities. 28 August - 01 September 2016 in Davos, Switzerland
The document provides background information on community-based adaptation (CBA) and summarizes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on CBA held in Bangladesh in 2011.
Some key points:
- CBA began in 2005 with workshops in Bangladesh focused on incorporating climate change adaptation into existing poverty reduction and development efforts.
- Subsequent conferences were held every 1-2 years in different locations and grew in size, with the 5th conference in 2011 hosting over 300 participants.
- Conference sessions focused on defining concepts like vulnerability, adaptation and resilience; differentiating CBA from other approaches; and sharing experiences and best practices.
- Field visits exposed participants to local communities' climate adaptation measures and initiatives were discussed to
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
This document discusses the need for societies and economies to embrace environmental ethics as a driver for stable, just, and self-sustaining communities worldwide. It notes that current societies face challenges like climate change and ecosystem degradation. The paper recommends adopting ethical duties and virtues focused on positive environmental outcomes. Embracing environmental ethics could help address issues and create more humane and sustainable living conditions for future generations.
Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the future by balancing social, economic, and environmental objectives. Education for sustainable development as defined by UNESCO is based on sustainable development principles, deals with environmental, social and economic wellbeing, promotes lifelong learning, is locally relevant and culturally appropriate, addresses both global issues and local priorities, and builds capacity for community-based decision making through an interdisciplinary approach.
Sustainability, characteristics and scientific rootsNuno Quental
This document summarizes the key scientific approaches and principles underlying the concept of sustainability. It identifies three relevant scientific approaches - ecological economics, sustainability transition, and sustainability science. By analyzing these approaches, the document derives four common sustainability principles: 1) acknowledging biophysical limits to economic scale, 2) focusing on societal welfare and development, 3) understanding systems have minimum needs for viability, and 4) recognizing system complexity. It then examines the scientific roots of each principle and discusses how understandings have progressed from static views of limits and impacts to more dynamic, integrated visions.
Core Elements of Environmental Rule of LawPreeti Sikder
Environmental rule of law (ERL) represents the efficient and effective functioning of environmental governance across multiple levels of institutions, sectors, and actors. Core elements of ERL include public participation in environmental decision making, which improves information available to decision makers, enhances implementation, avoids or resolves disputes, builds public support, and improves compliance. When discussing public participation, it is important to discuss access rights as a whole.
This document provides an overview of sustainability, including: the history of sustainability emerging in response to environmental issues in the 1980s; the triple bottom line approach incorporating social, environmental and economic impacts; the three dimensions of sustainability being environmental, social and economic; ways sustainability is practiced in business, academics and at UNT; and resources for further information.
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The document discusses sustainable development and the challenges facing the world. It notes that the world population has grown 7-fold since the industrial revolution to over 7 billion currently and is still rising. It defines sustainable development as understanding how economic, social, environmental and political factors intersect to achieve prosperity, equality, and environmental sustainability. It outlines two paths - continuing on the current path risks crossing environmental boundaries, while sustainable development aims to meet needs within planetary limitations through solutions like smart cities, clean energy, and sustainable agriculture.
The document discusses education for sustainable development and how it relates to people with disabilities. It provides background on sustainable development goals and how the original MDGs from 2000 failed to address the needs of people with disabilities. The 17 sustainable development goals adopted in 2015 aim to be more inclusive of disabilities. Education for sustainable development seeks to empower people and promote lifelong learning so that all individuals, including those with disabilities, can work towards a more sustainable and just world.
Understanding Environmental Rule of LawPreeti Sikder
This document discusses the key concepts of environmental rule of law and environmental governance. It defines environmental rule of law as focusing on compliance and enforcement of environmental laws, while environmental governance takes a broader view to include public participation and decision making. The core elements of environmental rule of law are then outlined as fair, clear and implementable laws; access to information, participation and justice; effective environmental institutions free of corruption; and clear institutional roles to avoid regulatory overlap or gaps.
Importance of Environmental Journalism in PakistanMuhammad Qasim
This document discusses the importance of environmental journalism in Pakistan. It covers several topics, including the challenges of reporting on environmental issues, significant themes like climate change and energy efficiency, and framing issues in a way that empowers readers. The goal of environmental journalism is to communicate earth systems thinking and facilitate public understanding of complex scientific topics in order to engage citizens and inform policy decisions. It is becoming increasingly important for journalists in Pakistan to cover these issues.
This document discusses the role of science in pursuing sustainable development and the values of teaching science. Regarding sustainable development, it states that science should provide information to help formulate environmental and development policies and enhance understanding of long-term impacts. It identifies several areas where science can contribute, including new energy technologies, closed-loop production processes, environmentally-friendly transportation, green chemistry, biotechnology, and optimizing interactions between nature, society and the economy. Regarding values of teaching science, it discusses the intellectual, social, practical/utilitarian, disciplinary, and recreational benefits of learning science, such as developing critical thinking, understanding societal impacts, applying knowledge to daily life, fostering scientific habits, and enjoyment.
This document discusses sustainable development. It begins by defining sustainable development according to the UN as meeting present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs. It discusses the need for sustainable development to meet environmental, economic, and social goals simultaneously. Some key targets of sustainable development set by organizations like the UN and NITI Aayog in India include curbing environmental degradation, ensuring safe human life, and checking overexploitation of natural resources. The major pillars of sustainable development are the economy, society, and environment. Achieving sustainable development requires awareness campaigns, governance strategies, societal transformations, innovation, and capacity development. Environmental management is also essential.
Towards Sustainability of Open Space’s Planning and Management in Nigeria: Ro...Agboola Paul
This paper critically explores the influencing roles plays by science and technology on evolving a sustainable environment integrated with appropriate open space planning and management. It identified and discussed the strategic imperatives for sustainable development, and recommends the need for the government of developing countries to initiate an effective policy formulation. The significance of the study hinged on efforts geared towards matching up with open space planning and managements in Nigeria as developing countries
This presentation provides an introductory approach to “Sustainability 2.0” and FISDEV (Framework for Integrated Sustainable Development) an open source, collaborative methodology for corporate Sustainable Development.
Review of concepts and relationships_Dr. Vishal NarainSaciWATERs
Overview of key project concepts and
relationships around peri-urban, climate
change, adaption, vulnerability and
water security
- Dr. Vishal Narain, MDI
Melissa Leach: Pathways to Sustainability: Environmental social science and ...STEPS Centre
From NESS 2011 (The 10th Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference), June 2011.
Video at http://stockholmresilience.org/seminarandevents/otherseminars/ness2011/videoarchive.4.1f74f76413071d337c380005790.html
The document discusses bridging the gap between emergency preparedness and response for all communities. It notes that preparedness efforts have not accounted for varying financial resources and that minorities and those with lower incomes are more vulnerable during disasters. It argues that environmental education and preparedness programs need to consider the distinct demographic characteristics of communities to be effective and ensure social and environmental justice. The document concludes by stressing the importance of understanding coupled human-environment systems and social determinants of health to promote resilience for all.
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Some key points:
- CBA began in 2005 with workshops in Bangladesh focused on incorporating climate change adaptation into existing poverty reduction and development efforts.
- Subsequent conferences were held every 1-2 years in different locations and grew in size, with the 5th conference in 2011 hosting over 300 participants.
- Conference sessions focused on defining concepts like vulnerability, adaptation and resilience; differentiating CBA from other approaches; and sharing experiences and best practices.
- Field visits exposed participants to local communities' climate adaptation measures and initiatives were discussed to
Political ecology of environmental management; a critical review of some rele...caxtonk2008
Introduction
The tremendous increase in the scale of human impact on earth together with our increased although imperfect understanding of ecological processes means that the environment can no longer viewed as a relatively stable background factor. Rather the interaction between economic development and complex and often fragile ecosystems on which that development depends has become a major political issue both locally and globally (Maigua & Musyimi, n.d.).
It is no longer possible to treat ecology and politics as separate spheres. The institutions that matter most are no longer specifically environmental but rather are the core institutions that govern or at least seek to govern the workings of the world politics and economy. A major focus is actually the integration of environmental concerns into the sphere of economic planning and policy making rather than the development of an entirely separate thus peripheral sphere (Maigua & Musyimi, n.d.).
This study therefore aims to make a critical analysis of some important aspects regarding the political ecology of environmental management. Political ecology informs political makers and organizations about the complexities surrounding environment and development thereby contributing to better environmental governance. It helps understand the decisions that communities make about the natural environment in the context of their political environment, economic pressures and societal regulations. Political ecology also looks at how unequal relations in and among societies affects the environment especially in the context of government policy (Grieber, 2009).
The study therefore at various political aspects and their influence on environmental management. Firstly it looks at the issue of environmental democracy and how it influences environmental management. This includes the aspects of participation, environmental justice and information access. It then elaborates environmental governance including global environmental governance and implications on environmental management.
The study then looks at other political aspects of relevance to environmental management including: the global commons, geopolitics, environmental movements and the conduct of politicians. It then looks at trends in the political ecology of Africa and then Kenya specifically. Policy making and how it influences environmental management is then explained. The study then winds up with a review of. The legal and policy frameworks for environmental management in Kenya.
Sustainability in the University: Framework and Best PracticesShadi Hijazi
This document discusses frameworks for sustainability in higher education. It provides examples of sustainability frameworks from the UN and EU that universities can use to guide their efforts. It also discusses sustainability metrics and indices that are used to measure performance in areas like the environment, society, and governance. The document emphasizes that sustainability metrics should complement sustainability strategies and notes the risk of metrics substitution if they are not properly integrated with efforts to educate the university community and stakeholders.
This document summarizes a presentation by René Kemp on environment and sustainable development. It discusses Kemp's background and research interests, which include environmental policy, clean technology, societal transformations, and governance for sustainable development. It also summarizes some of the projects Kemp is involved in, including sustainable mobility, reflexive governance, environmental technology assessment, and transition management. Finally, it provides overviews of some of the key topics and frameworks in Kemp's research, such as the economy-environment relationship, three economic truths about the environment, debates around sustainable development, environment and poverty, and new thinking about how the environment is conceptualized.
The document discusses several international frameworks and conferences related to climate change, sustainable development, and human rights. It summarizes the goals and outcomes of conferences such as the 1992 UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, and the 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. It also outlines some principles of climate ethics and justice, and examples of climate justice actions and sub-national level actions being taken to address climate change.
The document discusses the history and key concepts of sustainable development:
1. The Brundtland Commission in 1983 first proposed strategies for sustainable development, defining it as development that meets present needs without compromising future generations' ability to meet their own needs.
2. Major UN conferences on sustainable development include the 1992 Rio Earth Summit that produced agreements like Agenda 21 and the UNFCCC.
3. Sustainable development involves balancing social, economic, and environmental concerns, and requires ongoing efforts across many sectors of society.
Strategic thinking Model for SEA (Aplikasi di Indonesia)praswaskita2
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The document discusses how the environment influences culture in three key ways:
1) Environmental relativism - aspects of the physical environment are relevant to cultures and traditions, and cultures must adapt as the environment changes due to climate change.
2) Subsistence patterns, economic systems, and religion are all shaped by the natural environment and must change as the environment changes.
3) As the environment changes due to factors like climate change, individuals are forced to change their way of life and adapt their culture in order to survive. This causes traditionally nomadic cultures and environment-based traditions to evolve over time.
The document describes the development of a new measure called the Participation and Environment Measure for Children and Youth (PEM-CY). It is being developed to assess children and youth's participation in activities at home, school, and in the community, as well as the environmental factors that support or hinder participation. The measure is being designed for feasibility in population-level research through a parent-report survey. It examines both participation and environment within the same instrument across multiple settings.
The document summarizes a workshop on institutions for ecosystem services that took place from October 27-29, 2014. The workshop objectives were to encourage sharing of research on links between institutions and ecosystem services, synthesize lessons about institutional arrangements needed to ensure ecosystem service projects deliver benefits, and identify policies to strengthen supporting institutions. It provided background on ecosystem services and discussed topics like the importance of institutions at multiple scales, challenges around time lags and spatial disconnects between ecosystem service production and use, and lessons that can be learned from other research and cases.
Ways Forward in Efforts to Ameliorate Climate Change EffectsSIANI
This study was presented during the conference “Production and Carbon Dynamics in Sustainable Agricultural and Forest Systems in Africa” held in September, 2010.
This document summarizes a presentation about overcoming uncertainties and barriers to blue-green infrastructure. The presentation discusses research questions around how uncertainty prevents stakeholders from adopting blue-green solutions and what the main barriers are. It identifies reluctance to change practices and lack of knowledge or awareness as the biggest barriers in Newcastle. The presentation evaluates strategies to overcome barriers like improving education, demonstrating multiple benefits of projects, and improving partnership working. It concludes that reducing both biophysical uncertainties and socio-political barriers will be needed to increase adoption of blue-green infrastructure.
This document discusses the right to environment as a human right. It outlines several key environmental rights such as the right to clean air and water. The document traces the development of environmental rights from international agreements like the Stockholm Declaration to laws in India protecting the environment. Both substantive rights to a healthy environment and procedural rights to access information are examined. The conclusion emphasizes the close relationship between human rights and the environment, and how recognizing this connection can better protect human dignity.
STI for social justice and sustainable development: a New STEPS Manifesto for Global Science
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This document summarizes and critiques current global efforts to address climate change through mitigation and adaptation policies and financing. It finds that approaches have focused more on large-scale actions and economic transfers between countries than micro-level impacts and social dimensions of climate change. Efforts have also prioritized mitigation over adaptation and favored large projects over small-scale and community-based approaches. As a result, the most vulnerable populations have had limited inclusion in policy frameworks and access to climate financing. The document calls for a more socially inclusive and people-centered conceptual framework to achieve a reasonable balance of equity in the global response to climate change.
The document discusses sustainable development in several contexts:
1. It defines sustainable development and outlines how it has been defined in various contexts such as forestry, urban planning, and international development projects.
2. It discusses models for exploring sustainable development, including using pillars like environmental protection, economic development, and social development. It also discusses including additional pillars like culture and political participation.
3. It outlines key strategies for implementing sustainable development, including using systems thinking to address determinants of issues like poverty, working across boundaries in a transdisciplinary way, and working from principles of truth about what works and what is essential.
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1. From Constitutionalized Environmental Rights
to Contested Sustainable Development and
Beyond
DEVELOPING A 4AS APPROACH TO SUBSTANTIATING
ENVIRONMENTAL PROCEDURAL RIGHTS
Su-ming Khoo
School of Political Science and
Sociology
NUI Galway, Ireland
suming.khoo@nuigalway.ie
Chiara Costanzo
cstchr@gmail.com
Whitaker Institute for Innovation and Societal Change
CEDS Cluster on Environment and Sustainable Development
25 February 2016
2. Paper overview
1. Environmental rights revolution or a retreat of rights in the newera of SDGs?
2. Authors’ position – substantiating right to a healthy environment (CC); solidarity in human
rights (solidarity as practical responsibility) (SMK)
3. Theoretical approaches to HR and SD - the UN position and impasse
4. Moving CBDR from encapsulation withinenvironmental law and norms, connecting HR + SD
5. Inter-disciplinary, hybrid interpretation of HR; SD
◦ problem and context driven
◦ 4 As criteria for procedural approaches
3. Environmental Rights Revolution?
National constitutionalization and regional recognition? Boyd, 2012
◦ “The practice of States in this area may eventually set the stage for renewed debate on the status of customary law on the
right to a healthy environment” - 140 Constitutions; 70% of countries A/HRC/19/34
A brand new right to a healthy environment ? Existing instruments sufficient?
Existing environmental dimensions to: rights to life, food, health, housing, property and private and family life
Environmental instruments protect public health,env as common heritage of mankind; recognize env as essential
component for human survival/development
Env instruments also entail access to information, public participation and access to justice
African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the Additional Protocol to the American Convention on
Human Rights in the Area of ESCR - explicit environmental references.
Closely related to the Right to Health - “healthy environment”, ‘clean environment’, ‘environmental and industrial
hygiene’; Water and food; protection of indigenous rights, territories and livelihood resources
YET: Human Rights language little used in proposed SDGs and targets (Knox 2015, 8)
4. Environmental threats to Human Rights
Land
Soil
degradation
Deforestation
Desertification
Natural
disasters
Environmental
threats to
Human Rights
Hazardous
waste and
chemical
contaminat
ion
Atmospheric
Air pollution
GHG
Ozone depletion
Water
Pollution
Freshwater scarcity
Fisheries collapse
Biodiversity
loss
5. Theoretical approaches to HR and SD
2011 HRC resolution 16/11; analytical study on human rights and the environment A/HRC/19/34
3 possible approaches
◦ (a) healthy env. is a precondition to human rights enjoyment.
◦ (b) human rights are tools to address environmental problems, procedurally and substantively.
◦ (c) integration of HR and environment under the concept of sustainable development
5 assumptions
◦ (a) SD and env protection contributes to human well-being and enjoyment HR
◦ (b) Env. harm can directly and indirectly compromise the enjoyment HR
◦ (c) Env. harm affects everyone, but disproportionately affects the already vulnerable
◦ (d) Env. harm is transnational, requiring effective international cooperation to protect rights
◦ (e) HR framework potentially strengthens env. policy and promotes policy coherence, legitimacy and
sustainable outcomes.
6. State duties
Procedural duties – to assess impacts, make env info public, facilitate public participation in env
decision making, provide access to effective legal remedies. (Freedom of expression and
association)
Substantive duties – take steps to protect (environmental defenders), from env harms affecting
enjoyment of rights (reasonable balance with eg economic development), incl private actors,
based on int. health and env standards. Non-retrogressive.
Duties relating to protection of those particularly vulnerable to environmental harm – non-
discrimination, indigenous peoples.
7. Our main line of thinking
A human rights based approach to Sustainable Development
Substantiating right to healthy environment (CC) + Solidarity as practical HR responsibility (SMK)
The gaps: ‘Encapsulated’ nature of env HR – fragmented, limited focus on indigenous peoples, private
life.
Misalignment of SD and HR discourses creates conflicts
◦ Where there are conflicts, resort to procedural approach
◦ But these fail to deliver substantive outcomes
Substantive inequality underpins the reality of conflicts, while environmental protection is weak
How to substantiate democratic, public aspect of procedural rights
◦ Yet keep environmental principles (precaution, solidarity) central?
‘Hybrid’ methodology: HR norms + SD theory + HRBA procedures
8. Methodology: A hybrid approach
human rights (normative and operational)
◦ RBA
sustainable development (theoretical framework)
◦ Rio Principles (PP and CBDR)
social scientific approach
◦ Evaluation/monitoring and ‘closing the escape hatch’
◦ power and discrimination
qualitative methods
◦ documentary analysis
◦ participant observation
◦ country context
9. RBA: 4 As
Env
Procedural
Rights
Evaluation of
environmental
governance
(environmental
democracy)
AVAILABLITY ACCESSIBILITY ACCEPTABILITY ADAPTABILITY
Access to
information
Recognizable
environmental institutions
with a clear mandate
Accessible to all and
timely
Flexibility in content
appropriate to social,
cultural and economic
context
Flexibility in practice. Timing
according to needs.
Positive actions for expanding
knowledge and provide means
for future skills
Public
participation
Physically accessible:
location and
decentralization
Confidence in
representatives capacity
Environmental governance
system responsive to changes in
goals, values and interests.
Supporting mechanisms
(expertise) for vulnerable
peoples.
Access to justice
Economically accessible:
free service and allocated
resources to unburden the
most vulnerable
Establishment of standards
of practice and rights
standards for regulatory
roles.
Technical, social science and
human rights competencies
Forward looking character: future
skills needed
10. RBA 4As
Meaningful
participation
View-point of participation
Quality of
participation
Availability Accessibility Acceptability Adaptability
Cross-evaluating
criteria
Outcome
Transparency
Disclosure of intended role of
participants
Influence or feeling of
empowerment
Awareness raising impacts:
generation of the 'public'
Adaptability
A
v
a
il
a
b
ili
t
y
Fairness
Interaction between
participants and sponsor and
among participants
Perceptions (participants,
sponsors)
Involvement in value and
interests
Adaptability
Process
Equality and
non-
discriminatio
n
Sufficient opportunities
Representativeness of the
'public'
Flexibility of participation:
appropriate to social and
cultural context
Degree to which policy
outcomes match the goals of
the people affected
(Parkinson, 2006: 23, cited in
McLaverty, 2011: 412)
Adaptability
Allocated resources Economic
accessibility
Positive actions to redress
vulnerability: language
(translator); education
(support with expertise,
attention in communication
methods and means);
gender/racial/power bias
(mechanisms for inclusion)
Acceptability
Decentralization of decisions Physical
accessibility
Transparency
Frequency
Timing and timeframe (when
and how long)
Confidence in process
legitimacy
Degree to which outcomes
achieve normatively
justifiable or desirable ends
(Parkinson, 2006: 23, in
McLaverty, 2011: 412)
Acceptability
Defined mechanisms of
participation
Social science methods
application
Quality
11. The gap between rights failures and SD
Findings of CC’s study (Panama case)- Procedural rights fail due to substantive inequalities
◦ Undermining ‘meaningful participation’ and ‘benefit’
UN Declaration on a Right to Development (UN 1986):
◦ ‘Third generation’ solidarity right unites first and second generation rights (Wellman 2000)
◦ SD efforts should base ‘development’ on people’s right to participate and benefit (DRD 1986)
◦ ‘Development’ as a vector (Sengupta 2002) or ‘umbrella’ (Rosas 2001) of indivisible rights
1990s – transformative ‘development’ vision underpins expansiveness and depth of Ksentini report (1994)
◦ Context of shift from economism to humanism (Gasper 2004) – UNDP human development paradigm
Democratic transitions underpin new perspectives on participation and increased interest in participation, agency
Environment regulation takes narrow view of ‘public concerned’
◦ How to move from narrow ‘public concerned’ to wider 'concerned public': Public Interest Activism
◦ Link public interest to substantive equality, democratic sphere and environment as public goods
12. The ‘development’ that SD misses
South Africa’s transformative politics: from racial ‘contract of domination’ (Pateman & Mills
2007) to democratisation 1994
◦ ‘Democratising development through a democratic politics of socio-economic rights (Jones & Stokke
2005, 2)
Rwanda genocide 1994
◦ a turning point for development, human rights and the international community’s role (Uvin 2001, 76)
◦ Gross, systematic HR violations coexisting with positive evaluations of economic ‘development’ and
large amounts of aid
◦ a ‘model of development…full to the brim with development projects and technical assistance…perhaps
the highest density of technical assistance per square kilometre in the world’ (op cit,95)
◦ Challenge ‘…a much deeper mainstreaming of human rights and conflict resolution’, trying harder to
fundamentally connect ‘wealth of facts’ about context to better forms of social science theorizing
13. Unburdening the most vulnerable
“Little Mermaid” (E. Eriksen 1913) and “Survival of the Fattest” (J. Galschiot 2007) Copenhagen, 2009 UN Climate Summit
(see: SevenMeters.net)
14. The role of social science
Social science brings human rights ‘back to reality…both objective processes and structures and
of subjective meanings and values’ (Freeman, 2002, p. 99).
New work on conceptualizing, measuring and evaluating human rights (Landman & Carvalho,
2010); Jabine & Claude (1992) Human Rights and Statistics
Substantive development of ESCR- requires evaluations of ‘resource constraints’ viz progressive
realization of ESCR
◦ Toolkit to ‘close the escape hatch’ - ‘hold governments accountable for policies and practices that turn
millions of people into victims of avoidable deprivations such as illiteracy, malnutrition, preventable
diseases, and homelessness’ (Felner 2009,404)
◦ macroeconomic policies and human rights: public expenditure, taxation, trade policy and regulation
(Elson & Balakrishnan, 2011).
Socio-political analyses of substantive discrimination – power, powerlessness and domination
(Yamin 2009; 2013)
15. Where did human rights go??
Failure to reach consensus on key criteria/ indicators for Right to Development (Fukuda-Parr 2009, 165)
HR sidelined in MDGs - rights not explicitly mentioned: ‘Everywhere but not somewhere’ (Brolan et al
2015)
◦ Donor preference for strictly delimited goals, targets
HRBA evolve alongside – converging human rights and development based on HR principles of
equality/non-discrimination; true participation; indivisibility and interdependence
◦ Presence in SDG goals and targets too general and vague to provide practical guidance (Knox 2015, 20)
Human rights continued to have little traction in SDGs: ‘high-level hesitancy’ (Brolan et al 2015)
◦ Sidelining of right to health reflects general sidelining of human rights: ‘difficult issues’ blamed
◦ Negotiators anticipate/ escalate particular anxieties about potential disagreement (SRHR =LGBT?)
◦ Argue that rights (eg R2H) ‘too big’ to be specifically defined as a goal
◦ ‘targets are where the action is’, but are too difficult to implement
◦ Falls back on existing agenda and targets eg UHC for health focused on services and financing, ignoring social and
environmental determinants
16. The transformative demand for HR
Anti-political stance a weakness of HR
◦ Focus on individual criminalization, identifying perpetrators of past crimes at the expense of focusing on
structural injustice and potential for transformation
◦ Mamdani (2014) victims’ justice v. survivors’ justice
◦ Transformative demand for a state that governs not merely in the name of past victims, but addressing the
fact that all are ‘survivors’ who must live together.
Alston (2005) question of private sector vs state responsibility for HR
Where private and ‘peoples’ interests clash, HRBAs tend to focus on access or procedural rights
Integration of SD principles requires HRBA to address
◦ deeper democratization of development processes
◦ re-integration of human and environmental principles into HR and Dev
◦ National and international solidarity - Development of concrete arrangements for responsibility and benefit
sharing (Common But Differentiated Responsibility)
Promise of new bottom-up approach: “regional globality” based on substantiating procedural rights