Living with the incoherent: Practical insights on implementing European restoration policies for biodiversity policy integration

AMBIO, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 19, 2025

Abstract Policy incoherence is an omnipresent challenge in public administration. Focusing on the joint implementation of European Water Framework Directive and Habitats Directive, we analyze how administrative fragmentation hampers river restoration projects at sub-national level Germany. By shifting analytical focus to institutional factors, reveal barriers institutional, processual individual levels. We find that failure stems not only from practical hurdles, such as lack resources, information, or manpower, but also more fundamental flaws arrangements. Based a multi-stakeholder consultation, argue both bottom-up top-down approaches can support better coordination local mandate for implementation. In particular, state-level planning help reduce costs short term. The analysis highlights critical role actors leadership, reframing cross-sectoral policy integration.

Language: Английский

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How can policy and policymaking foster climate justice? A qualitative systematic review

Open Research Europe, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 3, P. 51 - 51

Published: Oct. 10, 2023

Background Climate change research has established general requirements for policy and policymaking: transformational changes in policymaking to foster ‘climate justice’, including a ‘just transition’ or movement towards environmental sustainability with equitable processes outcomes. However, there is major gap between these actual policies processes. We identify how researchers use theories understand this gap. Methods conducted qualitative systematic review (2022) peer reviewed journal articles on climate change, policy, justice, equity three databases (Web of Science, Scopus, Proquest). Each article had provide non-trivial reference concepts theories. used an immersive inductive approach key themes show the informs research. Results A total 108 texts meet inclusion criteria (with some bias Global North since all are English). Most definitions require fair outcomes processes, list what required those aims. they also unjust relation who recognised, gets define problem, wins loses from solutions. Researchers contrast their preferred social justice (informing ‘civic environmentalism) dominant neoliberal (corresponding weak ‘ecological modernization’). Conclusions focus need produce justice. Few engage meaningfully describe actually works. More engagement would help set meaningful expectations regarding avoid needless tendency treat like ‘black box’.

Language: Английский

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Policy integration as a political process

Policy Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 56(1), P. 3 - 8

Published: Feb. 9, 2023

Language: Английский

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Policy integration and the eco-social debate in political analysis

European Political Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 23(1), P. 70 - 79

Published: Dec. 15, 2023

Abstract In political research, scholars have increasingly paid attention to the challenges of integrating new public policies into existing policy subsystems, which bears important implications for study eco-social and politics. By drawing on integration we identify discuss insights lessons deriving from scholarship, appear be relevant understanding linkages between social environmental domains especially regarding European Green Deal (EGD). More specifically, focus following two aspects: (1) elements design implementation practices that are deemed helpful ensuring equilibrium goals (2) factors likely affect dynamics along aspects (eco-social nexus). This article contributes literature by tracing novel research trajectories debate explore in perspective.

Language: Английский

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Climate policy integration as a process: from shallow to embedded integration

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 26(3), P. 279 - 294

Published: April 12, 2024

Across many policy areas, policymakers try to integrate new issues into old processes. This is challenging. Getting net-zero greenhouse gas emissions requires radical change across a broad range of societal sectors; thus, climate integration essential. article develops processual perspective on integration, allowing assessment, classification, and comparison various stages processes, over time. The process can be shaped by differing institutional logics. In study Norwegian agricultural policy, we identify three logics: multifunctional, market failure, socio-technological transition. These portray frames, objectives, instruments, sector involvement as appropriate ways linking concerns policy. We suggest that shallow characterized sector-specific logic facilitates discussions frames goals. an embedded process, multiple logics are mobilized, broader elements discussed: goals, in the process. Consistent contested processes intermediate categories. Climate had hallmarks 2006–2009 but changed 2016–2021.

Language: Английский

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Climate change education in Indonesia’s formal education: a policy analysis

npj Climate Action, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: July 8, 2024

Abstract This article conducts a comprehensive analysis of climate change education within the framework policy and in Indonesia. Employing thematic on twenty texts, twelve K-12 seventeen expert interview transcripts, our study explores congruency both domains. Despite critical need for coordinated policies to optimise design implementation education, reveals significant discrepancy between Indonesia’s regarding this crucial aspect. Four key themes emerged: marginalisation lack synergies relevant stakeholders, predominant economic values, optimistic future outlook. The also assesses alignment approach global trends education. findings shed light areas improvement development integration Indonesian landscape.

Language: Английский

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Unintended policy integration through entrepreneurship at the implementation stage

Policy Sciences, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 56(1), P. 161 - 189

Published: Feb. 20, 2023

Abstract Most scholars conceive policy integration (PI) as a top-down process steered by governmental bodies and consider the formulation stage to be decisive step for achieving PI. Adopting different stance, this article hypothesizes that PI can also occur throughout implementation thanks “integration entrepreneurs” who are able willing bring together policies were designed in silos. I test hypothesis analyzing evolution of federal legislation intended curb urban sprawl Switzerland over four decades (1980–2020) investigate three major renewal projects concretely reduced cities Zurich, Bern Geneva. In line with my hypothesis, these succeeded an ex post several occurred during stage. This integrative was unintended outcome transformation Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) from government institution into state-owned company. Since then, SBB has become entrepreneur” brings previously poorly integrated: spatial planning policy, railway agglomeration policy. Case study evidence thus shows happen unintentionally, namely through coordination mechanisms not foreseen policymakers at finding challenges sequential approach is dominant among studies calls more research on role strategies

Language: Английский

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The governance of policy integration and policy coordination through joined‐up government: How subnational levels counteract siloism and fragmentation within Swedish migration policy

Regulation & Governance, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 18(3), P. 934 - 952

Published: Oct. 15, 2023

Abstract Modern welfare states struggle with fragmented policies and siloed governments, as well the need to deal wicked problems. We argue that addressing such problems from perspective of central government can be facilitated by notions joined‐up that, combined vertical aspects modern governance, provide a basis for analysis. To embark upon challenges, we examine policy integration coordination within complex area Swedish migration in light European migrant crisis. Through content analysis an extensive qualitative material (interviews documents), show is weakly associated joint objectives decision‐making. As contribution prior knowledge field, emphasize unintuitive finding counteracting siloism fragmentation not achieved through coherent governance ranging across tiers, functions, sectors but mainly at subnational levels relying on bottom‐up approach.

Language: Английский

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Policy integration in the European Union: mapping patterns of intersectoral policy-making over time and across policy sectors

Journal of European Public Policy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 26

Published: Dec. 15, 2023

Policy integration has become an important principle guiding public policy development. Despite its prominence, we lack comprehensive knowledge of the exact degree and variation across sectors time, mainly due to systematic measurement approaches. We address this shortcoming by (1) developing a novel measure that evaluates intersectorality legal acts (2) assessing development in European Union over four decades (1977–2019) for 16 sectors. Our mapping reveals that, on average, intersectoral policy-making increased since 1990s with most substantial rise during Barroso I II Commissions trend reversal after Juncker took office 2014. Furthermore, identify between different areas reflecting varying levels political attention salience. deem our concept findings have implications study general EU policies particular.

Language: Английский

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Institutional coordination arrangements as elements of policy design spaces: insights from climate policy

Policy Sciences, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 56(1), P. 49 - 68

Published: Nov. 28, 2022

Abstract This study offers insights into the institutional arrangements established to coordinate policies aiming at mitigation of and adaptation climate change. Drawing on literature policy design, we highlight as elements design spaces contend that they fall four categories either stress political or problem orientation this activity: optimal, technical, political, sub-optimal. We use original data 44 major economies greenhouse gas-emitting countries test expectation. These capture various properties national coordination arrangements, including types instruments in place, degree hierarchy, lead government agency responsible for coordination, scope cross-sectoral coordination. The dataset also captures which non-state actors are involved whether processes supported by scientific knowledge. Using cluster analysis, show horizontal do indeed above-mentioned categories. analysis further reveals a fifth, hybrid category exists. Interestingly, dominates change mitigation, whereas is more important adaptation.

Language: Английский

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