Environment and health nexus in Ghana: A study on perceived relationship and willingness-to-participate (WTP) in environmental policy design

Urban Climate ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 100689
Author(s):  
Stephen T. Odonkor ◽  
Philip Kofi Adom
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Environment And Health

scholarly journals THE USE AND INFLUENCE OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY MAKING: LESSONS LEARNED FROM NOVA SCOTIA

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzuette S. Soomai
Keyword(s):  
Nova Scotia ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Science Policy ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Coastal Policy ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Science Policy Interface

Governmental organisations produce vast quantities of scientific information on the state of the marine and coastal environment which is often intended to guide policy-making to mitigate or reverse the declining trends in the health of the environment. How scientific information is used and how it influences environmental policy and decision making are however not well understood. The apparent disconnect between the knowledge and information produced by scientists and that used by policy makers is attributed to problems at the science-policy interface. Based on a multi-disciplinary literature review, this paper describes how policy makersseek out and use scientific information within the context of policy design in the 21st century. Best practices for increasing information flows across the science-policy interface are drawn from a study of the awareness, use, and influence of The 2009 State of the Nova Scotia Coast Report in coastal policy making in Nova Scotia.Strategic or rational approaches to policy making can increase the two-way flow of information across the science-policy interface as it facilitates collaboration among multiple actors in information generation, transmis-sion, and use. The production, use, and influence of The 2009 State ofNova Scotia's Coast Report in coastal policy making in Nova Scotia demonstrates the strategic approach to policy making whereby coastal policy is being developed through (i) intergovernmental partnerships, (ii) the use of best available information, (iii) linkages between the policy process and policy output, and (iv) public participation.

Fossil fuel subsidies as a lose-lose: Fiscal and environmental burdens in Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 93-124
Author(s):  
Sevil Acar ◽  
Sarah Challe ◽  
Stamatios Christopoulos ◽  
Giovanna Christo
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Environment And Health ◽  
Turkish Economy ◽  
Fuel Subsidies ◽  
Oil And Natural Gas ◽  
Fossil Fuel Subsidies ◽  
Phase Out

AbstractAttempts at common agreements to phase out fossil fuel subsidies (FFS) have been increasing, as the topic generated momentum through the Rio Dialogues prior to the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) and following the Paris Agreement in 2016. This study quantifies the magnitude and the relative importance of FFS in the Turkish economy and produces a relevant national FFS synthesis for policy design. FFS form a complex system of a self-contradictory nature that stands in stark contrast with the Turkish government’s statements regarding sustainable development. Based on available data from the 2000s, we find that Turkey provides state support for coal and the exploration of oil and natural gas that represents roughly 0.2 percent of its nominal GDP per year. Continuing to subsidize fossil fuels narrows down the fiscal options that could otherwise be used to support cleaner technologies and mitigation actions. Given the fact that fossil fuels have significantly negative implications for the environment and health, eliminating those subsidies has the potential to help combat environmental pollution, climate change, and related problems.

scholarly journals Linking Environmental Policy Integration and the Water-Energy-Land-(Food-)Nexus: A Review of the European Union’s Energy, Water, and Agricultural Policies

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (23) ◽  
pp. 4446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Venghaus ◽  
Carolin Märker ◽  
Sophia Dieken ◽  
Florian Siekmann
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Limited Resource ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Policy Integration ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Environmental Pressures ◽  
Environmental Policy Integration ◽  
Integrated Policy ◽  
Policy Fields

Against the backdrop of climate and environmental pressures, as well as limited resource availability and trade conflicts, devising policies for energy and the use of natural resources in general becomes exceedingly complex. Moreover, policies are required to account for interrelations between individual resources and between different sectors and policy fields, but implementation often lacks. To evaluate the current state of integrated policy design in the EU, a review of European energy, water, and agricultural policies was conducted. Using a qualitative comparative research approach, the objective was to identify and explain the differing degrees and variations in policy integration among them. To this aim, the concepts “Environmental Policy Integration” and “Water-Energy-Land Nexus” were jointly applied as analytical frameworks. The analysis revealed that currently, different authorities are endowed with largely sectoral mandates. Accordingly, the respective sectoral policy sets are historically grown based on differing sets of formal and informal rules and processes, thus making policy integration among the sectors, let alone within the nexus, a highly challenging task.

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