Abstract
The nature of the concept of sustainability makes it difficult to coordinate and monitor the implementation of sustainable development in the formulation of effective policy. The International Law Association at its meeting in New Delhi in 2002 offered a set of seven Principles of International Law Relating to Sustainable Development as a definitive tool to inform the formulation of policy and potentially legal arrangements. This article describes a research project by the World Future Council that used these principles as the basis for a methodology to assess and evaluate how a range of policies might contribute to sustainable development in the interest of future generations. Three ―"best" policies on food security are evaluated and their common characteristics are identified. The article finally discusses how policy assessments based on principles accepted internationally might contribute to accelerated, effective and coherent implementation of sustainable development, even where the prevailing institutional approach treats ecological, social, economic and cultural issues as separate factors.
Highlights
Formulating Policy for Sustainability―Sustainable development‖ seems to have gained a ubiquitous presence in policy debates
Relating to Sustainable Development adopted by the International Law Association (ILA), which serve as the basis for the Council’s evaluative work, and discusses the core results of the research project before presenting the research methodology and process in more detail
The results of this research project show that such a principled methodology serves to identify policies and laws that show a truly integrated approach to sustainability, foster respectful cooperation, equitable participation, and fair sharing of resources and benefits of economic, scientific and technological progress. This is true because the ILA Principles are consistent with the 2002
Summary
―Sustainable development‖ seems to have gained a ubiquitous presence in policy debates. Relating to Sustainable Development adopted by the International Law Association (ILA), which serve as the basis for the Council’s evaluative work, and discusses the core results of the research project before presenting the research methodology and process in more detail It shows how a principled qualitative policy assessment serves as a sound basis for establishing a common yet flexible ground for discussing valid solutions to sustainability challenges. The piece describes how the use of a standardized questionnaire to determine how a particular law meets agreed principles encourages policy-makers, consultants, and legal experts to debate and refine their judgments Such assessments can help to connect rather lofty principles with concrete practices and the final section of this paper discusses further the potential of this methodology, when it is applied to the process of developing new legal texts, and it outlines how the World Future Council promotes approved ―best policies‖ as important solutions for our common future. The challenges addressed by the seven principles for international relations do exist on the intranational level as well
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