Is government regulation a push for corporate environmental performance? Evidence from China

Economic Analysis and Policy, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 74, С. 105 - 121

Опубликована: Фев. 4, 2022

Язык: Английский

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A future agenda for environmental restorative justice?

The International Journal of Restorative Justice, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 4(1), С. 17 - 40

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2021

A future agenda for environmental restorative justice? The challenges of developing meaningful regulation to protect communities and the environment have never been greater. Environmental regulators are regularly criticised failing act hard consistently, in turn leading demands harsher punishments more rigorous enforcement. Whilst acknowledging need strong enforcement address wantonly destructive practices threatening ecosystems, we argue that approaches an important role. This article explores a justice through (1) situating it within existing scholarly practice-based traditions; (2) identifying key elements (3) raising particular theoretical practical challenges. Overall, our vision is its can permeate entire regulatory spectrum, going far beyond conferences proceedings. We see as shared inclusive seeks integrate, hybridise build broader ownership throughout institutions, rather than creating parallel structures or paradigms.

Язык: Английский

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The (Un)political Perspective on Climate Change in Education—A Systematic Review

Sustainability, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 14(7), С. 4194 - 4194

Опубликована: Апрель 1, 2022

Mitigating and adapting to climate change requires foundational changes in societies, politics, economies. Greater effectiveness has been attributed actions the public sphere than of individuals. However, little is known about how literacy programs address political aspects mitigation adaptation. The aim this systematic literature review fill gap analyze public-sphere on adaptation are discussed schools. Based database searches following PRISMA guidelines we identified 75 empirical studies that met our inclusion criteria. We found central policy such as 1.5-degree limit, IPCC reports, or justice rarely addressed. Whilst responsibility for emissions sphere, debate usually focuses private sphere. Climate education does not, therefore, correspond research discourse. show effective based thus conclude should discuss those if it be effective. Hence, propose incorporate educate climate-literate citizens.

Язык: Английский

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Pathways to water sustainability? A global study assessing the benefits of integrated water resources management

Journal of Environmental Management, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 343, С. 118179 - 118179

Опубликована: Май 29, 2023

Integrated water resources management (IWRM) has been central to governance and worldwide since the 1990s. Recognizing significance of an integrated approach as a way achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), IWRM was formally incorporated part SDG global indicator framework, thus committing UN its Member States achieving high implementation by 2030 measuring progress through 6.5.1. This paper examines extent which improves sustainable health water-related ecosystems-a first-of-its-kind in terms quantitative analysis on scale. To this objective, we conducted regression analyses between 6.5.1 (both (total score) dimensions 6.5.1) key environmental sustainability indicators: 6.2.1a (access basic sanitation), 6.3.1 (treated wastewater), 6.4.1 (water-use efficiency), 6.4.2 (water stress), 6.6.1 (freshwater ecosystems, although here trophic state turbidity variables were used) 6.3.2 (ambient quality). Our covers 124 countries for all these SDGs, with exception 6.3.2, cover 112 85 countries, respectively. Results show that IWRM-to different degrees-is mainly associated good status indicators, stress, quality, turbidity. We observe strong impact control such arrangements, economic situation geographical conditions. Lagged effects scope framework may also explain some observed variations degree association. study highlights importance further uncovering interlinkages achievement sustainability. Overall, results suggest is primarily linked systems, context-specific factors should be taken into account when evaluating effectiveness, enable policy- decision-makers make necessary adjustments optimize outcomes.

Язык: Английский

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Spatiotemporal Air Pollution Forecasting in Houston-TX: A Case Study for Ozone Using Deep Graph Neural Networks

Atmosphere, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 14(2), С. 308 - 308

Опубликована: Фев. 3, 2023

The presence of pollutants in our atmosphere has become one humanity’s greatest challenges. These pollutants, produced primarily by burning fossil fuels, are detrimental to human health, climate and agriculture. This work proposes the use a spatiotemporal graph neural network, designed forecast ozone concentration based on GraphSAGE paradigm, aid understanding dynamic nature these pollutants’ production proliferation urban areas. model was trained tested using data from Houston, Texas, United States, with varying numbers time-lags, horizons (1, 3, 6 h ahead), input nearby stations. results show that proposed GNN-SAGE successfully recognized patterns underlying data, bolstering its forecasting performance when compared benchmarking persistence 33.7%, 48.7% 57.1% for 1, 3 horizons, respectively. produces error levels lower than we could find existing literature. conclusions drawn variable importance SHAP analysis also revealed predicting ozone, solar radiation becomes relevant as time horizon is raised. According EPA regulation, determined nonattainment conditions reference station.

Язык: Английский

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How policy growth affects policy implementation: bureaucratic overload and policy triage

Journal of European Public Policy, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 31(2), С. 324 - 351

Опубликована: Янв. 8, 2023

While policies pile up in modern democracies, the effect of policy growth on implementation has not been addressed so far. Implementation research focused individual instead studying challenges organizations face dealing with growing stocks. In this paper, we address gap three ways. First, introduce novel concept organizational 'policy triage' which captures effectiveness from an rather than a policy-based perspective. Second, develop theoretical framework to account for variations prevalence triage across organizations. We argue that is affected by interplay several factors related (1) overload vulnerability and (2) compensation. Third, provide initial empirical test our conceptual considerations through four comparative case studies environmental Ireland England.

Язык: Английский

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Do Governments Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is? Policy Adoption And Administrative Resource Provision in 15 OECD Countries

Perspectives on Politics, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 1 - 19

Опубликована: Фев. 13, 2025

Government programs often fail because administrative actors receive insufficient financial and personnel resources for their implementation. Despite the importance of resource provision policy implementation, we know very little about when why implementers are equipped with they need. We examine conditions under which new policies go hand in increases administration. match data on adoptions budgetary changes area social 15 European countries over 30 years (1990 to 2020). The analysis reveals that governments tend provide more 1) an issue is prominently discussed among parties, 2) institutional fragmentation low. Moreover, fewer additional implementation 3) chances getting re-elected low due intense political competition. These findings contribute our broader understanding democracy public

Язык: Английский

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Studying Policy Design Quality in Comparative Perspective

American Political Science Review, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 115(3), С. 931 - 947

Опубликована: Апрель 13, 2021

This article is a first attempt to systematically examine policy design and its influence on effectiveness in comparative perspective. We begin by providing novel concept measure of design. Our Average Instrument Diversity (AID) index captures whether governments tend reuse the same instruments instrument combinations or produce solutions that are carefully tailored problem at hand. Second, we demonstrate our AID valid reliable quality with strong explanatory power for outcome variables tested. Analyzing composition environmental portfolios 21 OECD countries, show higher levels positively associated country’s matters. Based this finding, analyze, third step, factors lead countries adopt more less diverse portfolios. find significantly improved when makers not bound high institutional constraints and, importantly, backed well-equipped bureaucracies.

Язык: Английский

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Policy growth, implementation capacities, and the effect on policy performance

Governance, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 37(3), С. 927 - 945

Опубликована: Авг. 10, 2023

Abstract Democratic governments have constantly added new policies to existing policy stocks confront societal, economic, and environmental challenges. This development has the potential overburden public administrations in charge of implementation. To address this issue, we theorize analyze how relationship between size sectoral portfolios implementation capacities affects performance. Our Bayesian analysis 21 Organisation for Economic Co‐operation Development countries from 1976 2020 reveals a widening “gap” up available shows that gap negatively Qualitative insights 47 in‐depth interviews with implementers validate these findings shed light on underlying causal processes. suggest advanced democracies transforming additional into effective problem‐solving crucially hinges deliberate expansion capacities.

Язык: Английский

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Implementation of environmental policies on the development of a new capital city in Indonesia

Cogent Social Sciences, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 10(1)

Опубликована: Янв. 25, 2024

This study aims to analyze the implementation of environmental policies in developing New Capita City (IKN) Indonesia. IKN is a large-scale project that demands comprehensive and effective policy maintain sustainability. uses qualitative approach focusing on thematic analysis through results examining official government documents. The tool maximized Nvivo 12 Plus. research show implementing area faces complex challenges, including coordination between institutions stakeholders. proposed recommendations include accommodative adaptive policies, routine monitoring evaluation, close collaboration stakeholders, increasing public education efforts awareness. Policies are responsive, flexible, involve all parties will be basis for achieving sustainability goals development IKN.

Язык: Английский

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