This presentation gathers the results from Sitra's study on scientific support for sustainable development practices, written by Mr Roope Kaaronen in October 2016.
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-Encourage sharing and discussion on research methods and tools to study the links between institutions and ecosystem services
-Synthesize lessons about institutional arrangements needed to ensure that ecosystem services projects are able to deliver benefits to local resource users and produce local, regional, and national global environmental benefits
-Identify policies and program interventions that can strengthen these institutions
-Outline priorities for future research, policy, and project implementation, particularly of relevance for PIM, WLE, and FTA programs
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
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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
From 27-29 October 2014, WLE, in cooperation with the CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRI) and the CGIAR Research Program on Forests, Trees, and Agroforestry (FTA), held a workshop on Institutions for Ecosystems Services in Washington DC.
The goals of the workshop were to:
-Encourage sharing and discussion on research methods and tools to study the links between institutions and ecosystem services
-Synthesize lessons about institutional arrangements needed to ensure that ecosystem services projects are able to deliver benefits to local resource users and produce local, regional, and national global environmental benefits
-Identify policies and program interventions that can strengthen these institutions
-Outline priorities for future research, policy, and project implementation, particularly of relevance for PIM, WLE, and FTA programs
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Life on earth is always dependent on Nature. From the very inception of a living phenomena, Nature has sustained life, including human life.
Sustainable development, in general, refers to the process of socio-economic development through a judicious utilization of nature’s resources, keeping in view the needs of future generations.
When we talk of sustainable development in relation to education per se we must be clear in our mind the concept, scope and application of terms like sustainability, development and also education.
Environmental concerns are increasingly relevant to everyone, and an informed public is a critical ingredient in the necessary practical steps and policy changes needed to alleviate the developing crisis. Environmental issues have become more entwined as communication technologies proliferate. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the media dynamics with reference to the environmental issues alarmingly challenging to human continued survival. The scientists are disturbed for its insecurity, mis-governance, degradation, management and conservation which have gradually come to capture the centre stage. At this juncture, the role of media becomes pertinent in spreading environmental awareness and making the public aware of the formidable crisis looming large over our heads. Although environmental problems are typically discovered by scientists but it is media that often play a central role in disseminating information, influencing peoples attitude and promoting public awareness. Media are the cornerstone of any public opinion and acts as a catalyst for change.The ultimate objective of this paper is to find the most decisive factors in creating awareness since this is the first step in developing effective campaigns to promote and protect the integrity of the natural environment for prosperity amongst the population. This paper is an attempt to review the meaning of environment education, its aims and objectives, and ways of promoting environmental awareness in the society.A major challenge to environmental reporting is how to convey complex concepts and impart a sense of the urgency of these challenges in a way that engages the reader .The paper also explores the evolving field of environmental journalism which prefers objectivity over advocacy (Sachsman, 2006:112) with utmost professionalism and scientific information. There is a need for more accurate and unbiased reporting in framing and forming some of the main determinants of public opinion. Sociologist Gaye Tuchman(1978) argues that the news reconstruct social world and are a window to the world, determining, what we want to know, what we have to know and what we should know. Vineet Kaul"Environmental Crisis and the Role of Media" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-1 | Issue-4 , June 2017, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd2217.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/2217/environmental-crisis-and-the-role-of-media/vineet-kaul
Good Practice in Education for Sustainable DevelopmentECO-UNESCO
ECO-UNESCO's Seminar Series: Exploring Good Practice in Education for Sustainable Development
Presentation by keynote speaker Andy Griggs (Environmental Education Forum) on Good Practice in Education for Sustainable Development.
About this presentation:
In October 2009, ECO-UNESCO held the seminar Exploring Good Practice in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The seminar allowed participants to engage with organisations and initiatives which are leading in the field of Education for Sustainable Development in Ireland and internationally.
The keynote speaker Andy Griggs (Environmental Education Forum) gave a presentation on Good Practice in Education for Sustainable Development. ECO-UNESCO's National Director, Elaine Nevin, opened the day with a presentation on Education for Sustainable Development.
Motto:
Striving for the planet in peril
Vision :
To create awareness, carry out research, disseminate knowledge and capacity building as a team to promote environmental friendly and sustainable policies and channelize the outcomes through this online thought leadership platform.
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Towards Greening Decisions on the University Campus: Initiatives, Importance ...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
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Life on earth is always dependent on Nature. From the very inception of a living phenomena, Nature has sustained life, including human life.
Sustainable development, in general, refers to the process of socio-economic development through a judicious utilization of nature’s resources, keeping in view the needs of future generations.
When we talk of sustainable development in relation to education per se we must be clear in our mind the concept, scope and application of terms like sustainability, development and also education.
Environmental concerns are increasingly relevant to everyone, and an informed public is a critical ingredient in the necessary practical steps and policy changes needed to alleviate the developing crisis. Environmental issues have become more entwined as communication technologies proliferate. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of the media dynamics with reference to the environmental issues alarmingly challenging to human continued survival. The scientists are disturbed for its insecurity, mis-governance, degradation, management and conservation which have gradually come to capture the centre stage. At this juncture, the role of media becomes pertinent in spreading environmental awareness and making the public aware of the formidable crisis looming large over our heads. Although environmental problems are typically discovered by scientists but it is media that often play a central role in disseminating information, influencing peoples attitude and promoting public awareness. Media are the cornerstone of any public opinion and acts as a catalyst for change.The ultimate objective of this paper is to find the most decisive factors in creating awareness since this is the first step in developing effective campaigns to promote and protect the integrity of the natural environment for prosperity amongst the population. This paper is an attempt to review the meaning of environment education, its aims and objectives, and ways of promoting environmental awareness in the society.A major challenge to environmental reporting is how to convey complex concepts and impart a sense of the urgency of these challenges in a way that engages the reader .The paper also explores the evolving field of environmental journalism which prefers objectivity over advocacy (Sachsman, 2006:112) with utmost professionalism and scientific information. There is a need for more accurate and unbiased reporting in framing and forming some of the main determinants of public opinion. Sociologist Gaye Tuchman(1978) argues that the news reconstruct social world and are a window to the world, determining, what we want to know, what we have to know and what we should know. Vineet Kaul"Environmental Crisis and the Role of Media" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-1 | Issue-4 , June 2017, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd2217.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/2217/environmental-crisis-and-the-role-of-media/vineet-kaul
Good Practice in Education for Sustainable DevelopmentECO-UNESCO
ECO-UNESCO's Seminar Series: Exploring Good Practice in Education for Sustainable Development
Presentation by keynote speaker Andy Griggs (Environmental Education Forum) on Good Practice in Education for Sustainable Development.
About this presentation:
In October 2009, ECO-UNESCO held the seminar Exploring Good Practice in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The seminar allowed participants to engage with organisations and initiatives which are leading in the field of Education for Sustainable Development in Ireland and internationally.
The keynote speaker Andy Griggs (Environmental Education Forum) gave a presentation on Good Practice in Education for Sustainable Development. ECO-UNESCO's National Director, Elaine Nevin, opened the day with a presentation on Education for Sustainable Development.
Motto:
Striving for the planet in peril
Vision :
To create awareness, carry out research, disseminate knowledge and capacity building as a team to promote environmental friendly and sustainable policies and channelize the outcomes through this online thought leadership platform.
2016.02.25 from constitutionalized environmental rights to contested sustaina...NUI Galway
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.
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
The Climate Crisis, Sustainable Development and the Role of Leadership, 'Foll...ESD UNU-IAS
Keynote Lecture #1 - 2021 ProSPER.Net Leadership Programme
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ECO-UNESCO's Seminar Series: Exploring Good Practice in Education for Sustainable Development
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About this presentation:
In October 2009, ECO-UNESCO held the seminar Exploring Good Practice in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The seminar allowed participants to engage with organisations and initiatives which are leading in the field of Education for Sustainable Development in Ireland and internationally.
The keynote speaker Andy Griggs (Environmental Education Forum) gave a presentation on Good Practice in Education for Sustainable Development. ECO-UNESCO's National Director, Elaine Nevin, opened the day with a presentation on Education for Sustainable Development.
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Scientific support for sustainable development policies
1. Brief for Sitra Studies 118: Scientific Support for Sustainable Development
Policies: a Typology of Science–Policy Interfaces with Case Studies
Roope Kaaronen, 9.11.2016
1Sitra • Roope Kaaronen •
Scientific Support for
Sustainable Development Policies
2. Science–Policy Interface (SPI)
Sitra • Roope Kaaronen • 2
Return on the
endowment capital
(12/2015)
5.7%
• [Suom. Interface = Rajapinta, yhtymäkohta]
• Science–policy interface: ‘organizations, initiatives or projects that work
at the boundary of science, policy and society to enrich decision
making, shape their participants’ and audiences’ understandings of
problems, and so produce outcomes regarding decisions and
behaviours’ (Sarkki et al., 2015: 506).
• Designing better SPIs requires the identification of good practices and
modes of operation: what models of SPIs exist, in what settings, what
works and where, what kinds of challenges are faced…
A need to define a typology of science–policy interfaces for
sustainable development policies (this has not been done before!)
• No single ‘right SPI model’ exists: context is definitive!
3. Underlying themes
Sitra • Roope Kaaronen • 3
Return on the
endowment capital
(12/2015)
5.7%
• Complexity: Sustainable development (SD) is a complex affair. No clear
answers exist as to what it is or how it is achieved, but what seems clear
enough is that it is absolutely necessary.
• Science is our best and most educated guess, and should therefore work to
support sustainable development policies. But how?
• Role of science in SD policies: moving from ’evidence-based’ linear output
to co-productive, inclusive and ’socially robust’ knowledge (broad understanding
of policy-relevant knowledge).
• Evidence-informed input to SD policies is essential, but so is also the social
and political applicability, comprehensibility and acceptability of the evidence
(and how it is portrayed)
• Iteration and balancing: learning from past experiences/foresight.
Maintaining right distances (between science/policy, authority/inclusion etc.).
Different responses to different levels of complexity!
4. Finding the Optimal ’Goldilocks Zone’ for Scientific Support
Sitra • Roope Kaaronen • 4
Scientific support is a constant balancing act between ’too hot’ and ’too cold’. Both drifting too
close to governments (or other decision makers) and too far from them has resulted in advisory
organisations being abolished. The same applies to being ’too loud’ or ’too quiet’, a ’watchdog’ or
a ’lapdog’. Trust and knowledge building mechanisms (e.g. co-production) are required.
The big question remains: how does scientific support remain independent, critical and vociferous
whilst also being perceived as trustworthy, credible and relevant (and not as a nuisance) by
decision makers?
Picture: Balancing between
Science (S) and Policy (P):
finding a common ground?
Mutual spaces for interaction
(e.g. workshop-style platforms,
interpersonal encounters) are
required!
From a linear model… …to co-production.
5. Typology of SPIs: The Independent Model
Sitra • Roope Kaaronen • 5
Return on the
endowment capital
(12/2015)
The Independent Model
Independent groups or panels of
experts conducting (‘pushing’)
scientific advice, assessment and
monitoring. The Independent
Model has particular strength as
an impartial watchdog for
governmental SD policies, yet the
true impact of their reporting-
biased approaches can often be
questioned.
6. Typology of SPIs: The Integrated Model
Sitra • Roope Kaaronen • 6
Return on the
endowment capital
(12/2015)
The Integrated Model
Groups of experts integrated
into the governmental sphere,
consisting not only of scientific
experts but also of
parliamentarians, political
decision-makers and other
stakeholders. Whilst integrated
SPIs often succeed particularly
in gathering a diverse variety of
experts and stakeholders who
operate in close proximity with
government officials,
experiences signify that outside
and unwelcome voices are often
silenced.
+ avoiding stakeholder dominance over scientific experts!
7. Typology of SPIs: The Assignment Model
Sitra • Roope Kaaronen • 7
The Assignment Model
Cases where demand-driven
scientific support is provided for
policymakers by task forces
when required. Assignment
SPIs, often embodied by, for
example, think tanks and
consultancies, offer short-term
solutions when most needed,
but generally lack the
comprehensiveness to act as
major interfaces in SD concerns.
8. Typology of SPIs: The Nested Model
Sitra • Roope Kaaronen • 8
The Nested Model
Cases where scientific support is
organised for policymakers via
thoroughly institutionalised
arrangements of nested expert
hierarchies. Nested Model SPIs
are especially successful in
combining independent scientific
rigour with high-level impact on
policymakers, yet find particular
challenges in co-ordination.
9. Typology of SPIs: The Adviser Model
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The Adviser Model
Scientific advisers directly
informing the highest political
actors, often aided by
secretaries and advisory offices.
The Adviser SPI is an
oft-criticised model, particularly
due to its systematic lack of
transparency and social
robustness, and is thus not
well suited to complex and
often controversial SD issues.
10. Typology of SPIs: The Platform Model
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The Platform Model
Deliberative and co-productive
knowledge brokering arenas for
science–policy interaction often
organised by third parties.
These SPIs offer
(face to face or online) fora
for policy co-creation and
design for those who might not
else interact, yet are sometimes
too short-lived to provide the
longevity which SD-related
SPIs require.
11. Locating Finnish SD Related SPIs in the Typology
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+ ’Mixed’ Models, e.g. Expert Panel
on Sustainable Development
(Independent and Integrated with
some Platform activities)
How should these SPIs cooperate
and exchange good practices in
order to best complement each
other’s weaknesses and promote the
development of a comprehensively
sustainable Finland?
Independent
• Ilmastopaneeli
• Talouspolitiikan
arviointineuvosto
• Luontopaneeli
Assignment
• TEAS
• STN
• Ajatushautomot
Integrated
• Kestävän kehityksen
toimikunta
• Biotalouspaneeli
• TIN
• IPCC-työryhmä
Adviser
• N/A (suggested by Raivio,
2014)
Nested
• Sitra
• SYKE
• LUKE
• Suomen Akatemia
• Helsinki Sust. Sci. Center
+ Ympäristöjärjestöt
Platform
• Ympäristötiedon foorumi
• Future Earth Suomi
• Tiedeakatemiain
neuvottelukunta
• Baltic 21
• Kansallinen
ennakointiverkosto
12. Conclusions
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• In a complex environment, the variety of responses both within
SPIs and between SPIs has to be diverse ( increased resilience)
Need for a variety of flexible/adaptive SPIs. Different models can
complement each other’s weaknesses. Hybrid models can/do exist.
Different working contexts/levels of complexity might call for
different approaches (e.g. ‘static’ panels complemented by ‘dynamic’
working groups; ‘watchdogs’ complemented by more deliberative
platforms…)
• Diversity in SPIs is richness, but only if networking/cooperation is
successful! (c.f. Finland, where almost all models of SPIs exist)
The big challenge is to piece this puzzle of Finnish SPI models
together!
13. Conclusions
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• SD related SPIs are still dominated by a natural scientific
environmental outlook need for integrative expert groups who
also take into account the social and economic dimensions of SD
• Most SD SPIs rely on a linear or knowledge deficit model (speaking
scientific ‘truth’ to people in ‘power’, who just ‘don’t know enough’).
Need for socially robust knowledge (= not only scientifically valid
but also taken up in social and political context).
• Merely compiling and disseminating reports is not enough!
• Scientific support for SD policies is endangered and vulnerable to
political turbulence – support should not be taken for granted, and
should be designed particularly with resilience in mind
14. Building a successful Finland for tomorrow
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Editor's Notes
The return on endowment 12/2015: 5.7 %The market value of endowment 12/2015: 771 € million
The return on endowment 12/2015: 5.7 %The market value of endowment 12/2015: 771 € million
The return on endowment 12/2015: 5.7 %The market value of endowment 12/2015: 771 € million
The return on endowment 12/2015: 5.7 %The market value of endowment 12/2015: 771 € million
The return on endowment 12/2015: 5.7 %The market value of endowment 12/2015: 771 € million
The return on endowment 12/2015: 5.7 %The market value of endowment 12/2015: 771 € million
The return on endowment 12/2015: 5.7 %The market value of endowment 12/2015: 771 € million
The return on endowment 12/2015: 5.7 %The market value of endowment 12/2015: 771 € million