National Policy Makers Research Articles

Determinants of financial inclusion among women-owned enterprises: a case study of the informal sector

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyse the determinants of financial inclusion among women-owned informal enterprises in India.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on a primary survey of 321 informal enterprises. The data has been collected through a structured questionnaire. A chi-square test has been used to examine the significant association between the characteristics of informal enterprises and their owners and financial inclusion. A logistic regression model has been developed to analyse the determinants of financial inclusion among women-owned informal enterprises.FindingsA significant and negative association has been found between business duration and entrepreneurs’ experiences with financial inclusion. In addition, the chi-square test shows a significant association between resource capability, use of ICT by enterprises and financial inclusion. Further, logistics regression shows that duration of business, entrepreneurial experience, resource capability in terms of machinery and equipment use, and ICT are significant determinants of financial inclusion among women-owned informal enterprises.Practical implicationsThere are several practical implications for national policymakers and other stakeholders, such as banks and international bodies working on financial inclusion. It is suggested that while designing the policy for financial inclusion among woman-owned informal enterprises, it should ensure that experience and older woman entrepreneurs are included in financial inclusion schemes.Originality/valueThere has been very few research on financial inclusion in woman-owned businesses. However, no research has been conducted on the financial inclusion of women-owned informal businesses. This study fills a gap by investigating the factors that influence financial inclusion in women-owned informal businesses.

Intention to report misconduct of the Royal Malaysian Police: Examining perceived offence seriousness, perceived disciplinary fairness and perceived legitimacy

The intention to report misconduct is the inclination of police officers to disclose wrongdoing perpetrated by other officers, whereas the code of silence is an unwritten policy prohibiting officers from reporting the misbehaviour of their colleagues. Hence, officers have the choice either to remain silent or to report any misconduct by their colleagues. This article investigates the determinants of the intention to report misconduct by Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) officers from the commercial crime investigation department. Organizational theory is used to form the framework and develop the hypotheses. Three hypotheses are developed concerning the intention to report RMP officer misconduct using three elements: perceived offence seriousness, perceived disciplinary fairness and perceived legitimacy. Face-to-face and online survey questionnaires were used as data collection methods. In total, 170 questionnaires were distributed, and 151 completed questionnaires were useable. The questionnaire contained four scenarios illustrating various forms of misconduct; each contained seven questions measuring police officers’ perception and assessment of their intention to report, perceived seriousness of the offence, perceived disciplinary fairness and other intentions to report. Ordinal logistic regression analysis revealed that perceived offence seriousness and perceived legitimacy had a strong positive relationship with officer intentions to report misconduct. This study has important implications for national and international policymakers to find out how well officers understand their agency's rules on misconduct as well as their opinions about the seriousness of the different types of misconduct, the appropriate discipline for the misconduct and their willingness to report the behaviour.

Contested and Evolving Pandemic – A Follow-up Study on National Policymakers’ Interpretations

Abstract Background The prolongation of the COVID-19 pandemic has shown that perceptions of the crisis change over time. In this follow-up study we explore how national level policymakers interpret COVID-19 pandemic as a past, present, and future event and crisis. By doing so the contested nature of pandemic governance reveals, i.e. that the interpretations of the on-going crisis shape the policy choices and health system response. National policymakers have been demanded to make sense of emergent and ambiguous events and to form public health actions accordingly. Different interpretations on pandemic have been in core of pandemic governance and have influenced public policy and pandemic responses. Methods We applied a qualitative follow-up research design. Study informants were identified by purposive sampling by their position as central government pandemic policymakers in Finland. The semi-structured interviews were collected in 2021 (n = 21) after the first two pandemic waves, and in winter 2022-2023 (n = 16) after full vaccinations of the population. Results Three interpretations of COVID-19 were identified: Underlining the hard work needed to overcome the crisis, pandemic as a past event was framed through undeniable success. As an ongoing crisis, pandemic was discussed as having become mundane and less important on the public health agenda. As future crisis the pandemic was merged into a continuum of other (non-public health related) crises instead of being reflected solely from health perspectives. Conclusions The way of interpreting a crisis has significant influence on public policy. Prolonged pandemic showed contested nature of public health crisis in general public policy agenda; and its’ ending was not represented as clear cut, as it dissolved and was entwined into other crises and agendas. Crisis interpretations effect on future, since they profoundly affect how crises responses, future pandemic preparedness, policies or evaluation of effects are framed and formed. Key messages • Conceptions on COVID-19 crisis evolve in time and they effect policies to be formed. • Contested nature of pandemic draws attention from solely public health policies into continuum of crises on public policy agenda.

Reproducing differential racialisation: social triage in migrant mental health services in England

Abstract In England, coverage for treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a health condition that disproportionately affects forced migrants, is universal, in principle provided free of charge to all. Yet, multiple informal access barriers typically arise and informal systems of social triage may emerge. Using intersectional analysis, this study asks what political and moral rationalities inform social triage in the NHS. It is particularly attentive to how and why a supposedly universal service reproduces differential racialisation, in which multiple and co-existing populations are stratified and ranked as more or less belonging to a nation. Fieldwork was conducted in two waves, in 2015-2016 and in 2019-2021. It included six months of participant observation in an NGO; 21 semi-structured interviews with health professionals across 16 different NHS and NGO service providers, purposively sampled until saturation was reached; six interviews with mental health commissioners and national policymakers; and analysis of grey literature. Transcripts and fieldnotes were analysed inductively to identify themes using NvivoR1. Results were validated by interviewees. Despite being covered, undocumented migrants and asylum seekers were systematically excluded from NHS PTSD services, through social triage. People with refugee status were prioritised. Mental health care providers consciously and subconsciously reproduced differential racialisation, which generated health inequality. This was facilitated by: austerity; omitting immigration status in measurement of health inequality; securitisation of mental health services and minoritised Muslim populations; and bifurcated activism in which the forced migrant sector was disconnected from established struggles to combat racism in mental health care. Policies extending coverage to undocumented migrants and asylum seekers must be accompanied by extra monitoring, as well as financial, political and social support to service providers. Key messages • Health professionals informally, but systematically, reproduce differential racialisation in the rationing of health care through practices such as obfuscation and silencing critique. • Informal systems of social triage erode universal health coverage. This is exacerbated in contexts of austerity, where health professionals use their discretion to ration limited resources.

Building a European One Health workforce for prevention and preparedness to health threats

Abstract Background The Quadripartite has elaborated the One Health Joint Plan of Action (2022-2026) (OH JPA) to promote health sustainably and prevent the next pandemic through the One Health (OH) approach. One of the action track of the OH JPA is to create a training program for environment, medical and veterinary sector professionals. Objectives The Italian National Institute of Health is developing a training curriculum about OH prevention and preparedness to health threats within the European Region to promote the OH workforce capacities and capabilities and to support the OH JPA execution. The training curriculum would be developed through a literature review and a stakeholder consultation process, validated by a steering committee and presented during a workshop. Results A modular training curriculum about OH prevention and preparedness to health threats within the European Region is developed and it includes modules to strengthen soft and hard skills around 5 OH domains (OH thinking, OH design, OH implementation, OH evaluation, OH cross-cutting competences) with case studies encompassing different threats. The curriculum would be further developed into a training hybrid course for National Public Health Institutes, decision and policy-makers at all level, International and European organizations and agencies, Academia, professionals working in the area of environmental and agricultural sciences, social sciences, human and animal health. Conclusions The training curriculum would contribute to build a European OH workforce by strengthening OH prevention and preparedness skills and competences and networking opportunities. It would support OH action and practice at national, regional and global level and the execution of the OH JPA. Key messages • A training curriculum for OH prevention and preparedness to health threats within Europe has been elaborated. • The OH workforce, OH action, and the OH JPA execution are strengthened and supported.

Success story of food reformulation monitoring, building capacities from French good practice to implementation in 19 EU member states

Abstract Obesogenic environments stimulate the consumption of excess calories through HFSS foods. Therefore, activities aimed at reformulating foods into healthier alternatives are the first crucial step in improving the food supply for children. Harmonised EU monitoring of the reformulation actions was addressed as one of the key approaches in creating healthier options for children and their caregivers. Supported by the EU AP on childhood obesity 2014-2020, access to an improved and healthier food offer in supermarkets should be made easier. Currently, only a few European countries are monitoring processed food supply at the brand level, and this deprives European and national policy makers of an objective description of the situation to define and assess nutrition policies. JA Best-ReMaP, building on the JANPA and EUREMO outcomes, aimed to fill in the reformulation monitoring gap and to add to the improved access to high quality foods for the European citizens, especially for children. To do so, in 19 European countries, JA Best-ReMaP implemented a standardised European monitoring system for processed food reformulation. Such a tool, at a country level, enables to monitor food offerings and nutritional content of individual monitored processed foods, as well as to identify best formulation and room for reformulation of the food produced, sold, and consumed. Complex steps were taken in the project implementation, including the identification of the priority processed food groups for a European monitoring of the food supply, exploration of the new technologies and new sources of data capacities for nutrition data collection, development of the knowledge to conduct and analyse own data collection in the participating EU MSs, explorative development of an open European branded foods database, and first attempt of the European analysis of the trends of the nutritional quality of processed food and their impacts.

Mismatch between volume and value: a new perspective on the significance of global ports

ABSTRACT To achieve high-volume and high-quality development of maritime transport and establish a port industry ecosystem, maritime stakeholders and national policymakers must recognise ports as crucial economic and trade windows. For a comprehensive and in-depth interpretation of a port, this study focuses on seaborne cargo as the entry point and proposes a methodological framework for assessing port importance. The proposed framework is based on a multi-methodological fusion and considers the relationship between the type, direction, volume, and value of the maritime cargo transported through the port, while distinguishing between the associated economic sectors, industry types, imports, exports and transhipments, and volume and value. Hence, port importance is assessed based on three dimensions: identification of the maritime transport cargo types for which the port has a comparative advantage, measurement of the port combined cargo transport capacity, and differentiation of the port type. The results reveal that seaborne cargo volumes and values are mismatched in global ports; high seaborne cargo value increases port importance to a greater degree than high seaborne cargo volume; and ports can be classified as inland serving, balanced inland and outward serving, and outward serving. These findings provide a research basis for a new port industrial-ecosystem construction strategy.

Enterprise policies and R&D support for high-tech SMEs: a multi-perspective approach

ABSTRACT This article examines the role of enterprise policy and R&D subsidy schemes in supporting high-tech Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises, by examining a case study of South Korea. A qualitative approach is used to analyse the perspectives of three stakeholder groups, entrepreneurs, national policymakers and policy-practitioners (including street-level bureaucrats working in bodies directly supporting the SMEs), based on semi-structured interviews with 35 participants. The findings suggest, first, that there was a mismatch in the conceptualizations of entrepreneurship, with policymakers and policy-practitioners focusing on entrepreneurship as the event of starting-up a business and entrepreneurs more on innovation. Second, while all groups feel the policy was beneficial, policymakers and policy-practitioners argue it was necessary to have a strict implementation process so-as-to deliver the subsidy fairly across many SMEs. In contrast, entrepreneurs considered such stringent and complicated policy implementation, and policy discontinuities, as impeding the R&D performance of SMEs. Third, although perspectives varied, all believed that flexibility in the policy implementation process is required to improve policy efficacy. The study highlights the critical role of “bottom-up” policy approaches to improve policy efficacy; especially policy-practitioners’ interactions and networking with entrepreneurs in the policy development and implementation processes. This study contributes to understanding the roles and perspectives of stakeholder groups in developing and implementing enterprise policies.

The Rise of Education Globalization: Embracing Opportunities and Overcoming Challenges

This article examines the impact of education globalization on national policy-making and educational leadership. Education globalization encompasses the internationalization, modernization, and digitization of education, fostering a global perspective and interconnectedness. While offering opportunities for development and innovation, it also poses challenges such as educational disparity and cultural homogenization. Policy-makers need a global context for decision-making, while educational leaders should adopt a global perspective, utilize technology, and promote social responsibility. Striking a balance between equity and quality in education is crucial. Understanding education globalization can lead to a more inclusive and harmonious global educational system.

The interplay of sustainability, corporate green accounting and firm financial performance: a meta-analytical investigation

PurposeThis study uses a meta-analysis approach to analyse the impact of applying corporate green accounting practices as vital sustainable development tools on firm performance. This study aims to examine the moderating effects of country-specific variables and characteristics on the association between corporate green accounting and firm performance.Design/methodology/approachThree databases were used for a meta-analysis of 68 independent studies involving 19,625 subjects conducted over 25 years from 1996 to 2020.FindingsThe results show that corporate green accounting positively affects firm performance, but country-specific variables do not moderate this association. The positive association between corporate green accounting and firm performance was enhanced when it was measured in terms of environmental costs. Subgroup analyses revealed that study characteristics are significant source of heterogeneity in the corporate green accounting indicators-firm performance association.Practical implicationsThe findings suggest that firms should strategise to integrate environmental costs into their respective financial accounting frameworks, which would help managers justify the contribution of their firms towards environmental protection.Social implicationsAccessing accurate and timely information on corporate environmental functioning can assist national policymakers in framing appropriate legislation on environmental protection and sustainable development.Originality/valueAlthough meta-analysis has been used previously in accounting research (Guthrie and Murthy, 2009; Alcouffe et al., 2019), to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to use a meta-analytical technique to examine the impact of corporate green accounting on firm performance.

Urban Revitalisation Between Artisanal Craft and Green Manufacturing: The Case of Brisbane’s Northgate Industrial Precinct

As Brisbane prepares for the 2032 climate-positive Olympics, traditional industrial precincts in the city are rapidly transforming. With a population of 2.5 M Brisbane has grown by 20% every decade since 1950, and sustainability-driven urbanism is an imperative. Here we document the history and future of Holland Street in Northgate, an inner-city industrial suburb, in the context of local, state, and national urban revitalisation and policymaking. Two globally distinctive tenants, (a) the Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing Hub and (b) bespoke public art manufacturer and foundry Urban Art Projects, face the twin challenges of embracing green manufacturing and the re-invention of blue-collar work. Digital transformations such as an energy-efficient automated foundry and the integration of cobots in custom manufacturing are advancing the goals of green manufacturing, blue-collar upskilling, and reshoring. An open innovation network creates knowledge spillovers to other industrial precincts in the city. The article discusses local urban planning innovation that is informed by publicly and privately funded R&D, underwritten by state-level government, and a consortium of universities and industry partners. The overall goal is to sketch the nascent planning elements for a locale that is tailored to accommodate the reinvention of urban manufacturing.

The Political Determinants of Fiscal Governance in the EU: Towards a New Equilibrium

The article investigates the political determinants of fiscal governance in the EU. Since the outset of the Economic and Monetary Union, the EU adopted a model of fiscal regulation which attempted to keep government debt and deficit in check to avoid “fiscal dominance.” With the 2020 pandemic, the EU suspended the fiscal rules and adopted a program, Next Generation EU, having some features of a central fiscal capacity. On the bases of comparative federal analysis, the article discusses the political conditions that preside over the formation of a stable central fiscal capacity, here conceptualized as the “triple-T model.” We argue that, in unions of states, the determinants of a central fiscal capacity consist in the appearance of an existential threat, in the reciprocal trust among national governments for answering the threat with central resources, and an adequately long time planning horizon of national policymakers to apprehend the benefits of those common resources for all member states. On these bases, the article outlines the contour of a new EU fiscal set up which encompasses an EU central fiscal capacity and robust budget rules framing the fiscal choices of national authorities.

Effective argumentation for action in health policy: a case study of the UK’s review on antimicrobial resistance

This article is a rhetorical analysis of an influential report on antimicrobial resistance in the context of national and global health policymaking. Through a textual-intertextual analysis, it examines how the report’s argumentation structure, grammatical moods, and use of strategic ambiguity direct multiple audiences to debate policy action, without becoming mired in manufactured scientific controversy about the existence or extent of the problem. The report successfully deploys a “beachhead” argumentation strategy by moving swiftly past arguments of scientific fact, definition, and quality, to focus public debate more effectively on matters of procedure. This analysis reveals promising strategies for future reports arguing on behalf of scientific consensus and seeking to stimulate policy action.

Exploring English policymakers' attitudes towards dementia risk reduction: A qualitative study.

A growing evidence-base indicates that dementia occurrence can be changed. This has been linked to potentially modifiable risk factors. Risk reduction and primary prevention strategies are increasingly recognized as needing to include population-level policies to tackle the social and commercial determinants of health. How this knowledge can influence policymaking on dementia prevention is unknown. Understanding attitudes of policymakers is an important step in translating evidence into practice, helping to gauge system readiness for implementation, and potential barriers and enablers for influencing policy. The aim of this qualitative study is to explore the understanding of, and attitudes to, dementia risk reduction and population-level prevention strategies amongst English policymakers at national, regional, and local level. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with a range of dementia and prevention policymakers, with purposive sampling of national and local policymakers, including politicians, government officials, health system leaders, academics, and dementia charity directors. Analysis of interview transcripts was undertaken by thematic analysis. 14 policymakers were interviewed between November 2021 and February 2022. Three main themes were identified (1) Preventability of dementia, (2) Prevention approach, (3) Barriers and facilitators to improving the approach. Policymakers generally held dementia to be partially preventable. Policymakers recognised that both individual- and population-level approaches to primary prevention of dementia are required - with some policymakers perceiving that population-level approaches are under-utilised. Key barriers to implementing more population-level approaches were identified as the complexity and co-ordination required to effectively tackle upstream determinants of health.

Night work, season and alertness as occupational safety hazards in the Arctic: protocol for the Noralert observational crossover study among Norwegian process operators

IntroductionThe objective of this study is to determine the effects of night work, Arctic seasonal factors and cold working environments on human functions relevant to safety. The study aims to...

Study of Chinese Political Terminology Translation and National Image Shaping

China has entered a new chapter after the Reform and Opening-up Policy initiated in 1978, and all walks of life have shown a steady improvement. In recent years, China’s comprehensive national power has been rising, its international status has been significantly improved, and many political terms have sprung up. These political terms reflect the country’s image and the trend of national policy-making, which affects the shaping of the country’s image. Starting from national image and the process of translating political discourse with Chinese characteristics, this paper selects three representative political terms of “Chinese Dream” “Harmony without Uniformity” and “New Model Major-Country Relations” that have appeared in government work reports, regular press conferences of spokesmen of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and diplomatic parlance as the research objects. It means to discusses the relationship between Chinese political term translation and national image building and studies the influence of political term translation to build a peaceful, inclusive and win-win national image. Thus, improving China’s national discourse power on the world stage.

Factors that influence evidence-informed meso-level regional primary health care planning: a qualitative examination and conceptual framework

BackgroundEvidence-informed primary health care (PHC) planning in decentralised, meso-level regional organisations has received little research attention. In this paper we examine the factors that influence planning within this environment, and present a conceptual framework.MethodsWe employed mixed methods: case studies of five Australian Primary Health Networks (PHNs), involving 29 primary interviews and secondary analysis of 38 prior interviews; and analysis of planning documents from all 31 PHNs. The analysis was informed by a WHO framework of evidence-informed policy-making, and institutional theory.ResultsInfluential actors included federal and state/territory governments, Local Health Networks, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations, local councils, public hospitals, community health services, and providers of allied health, mental health and aged care services. The federal government was most influential, constraining PHNs’ planning scope, time and funding. Other external factors included: the health service landscape; local socio-demographic and geographic characteristics; (neoliberal) ideology; interests and politics; national policy settings and reforms; and system reorganisation. Internal factors included: organisational structure; culture, values and ideology; various capacity factors; planning processes; transition history; and experience. The additional regional layer of context adds to the complexity of planning.ConclusionsLike national health policy-making, meso-level PHC planning occurs in a complex environment, but with additional regional factors and influences. We have developed a conceptual framework of the meso-level PHC planning environment, which can be employed by similar regional organisations to elucidate influential factors, and develop strategies and tools to promote transparent, evidence-informed PHC planning for better health outcomes.

A deep dive into selected work sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic and the "living with COVID" phase: understanding similarities and differences in practice, perceptions, and preparedness.

When it comes to controlling workplace transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, different workplaces and industrial sectors face different challenges, both in terms of likely transmission routes and which control measures can be practically, economically, and effectively implemented. This article considers a large body of research in the United Kingdom across different work sectors and time points during the COVID-19 pandemic to better understand mitigation measures, challenges to mitigating the risk of SARS-COV-2 transmission, knowledge gaps, and barriers and enablers to control viral transmission. Data is drawn from 2 phases of research. Phase 1 gathered data from an interactive workshop (April 2022) where PROTECT researchers working across 8 work sectors shared knowledge and expertise from research conducted between 2020 and 2022. Phase 2 revisited 6 of these sectors to explore participants' views on the "living with COVID" phase of the pandemic (February-October 2022) through qualitative interviews. Our findings emphasise the importance of considering the characteristics of each work sector (and their sub-sectors), relative to the physical workplace and workforce, the ways organisations operate, and how they interact with the public. Study findings show that participant's views and organisational practices changed quickly and significantly over the course of the pandemic. Most participants initially perceived that the majority of risk mitigations would remain in place for the foreseeable future. However, following the change in Government Guidance towards "living with COVID", most mitigation measures were quickly removed and it had become necessary for sectors/organisations to restore normal operations, thereby treating the COVID-19 virus like any other illness, while remaining prepared for future health emergencies that may arise. We suggest that national policy makers and organisational leaders remain mindful of the lessons learned and knowledge gained at all levels (national, regional, local, organisational, and individual) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We make recommendations in support of recovery as sectors/organisations continue "living with COVID" and other respiratory diseases; balanced with longer term planning for the next public health crisis.

Qualitative welfare risks of cows offered to a Dutch mobile slaughter unit

In the Netherlands, a pilot was initiated of a mobile slaughter unit (MSU) for the killing of cull dairy cattle not fit for transport but suitable for slaughter, in order to save valuable meat. The Office for Risk Assessment & Research (BuRO) was asked to assess the risks for animal welfare. As a thorough risk assessment would have been very time consuming, a qualitative framework was used instead. The goal of the current study was to qualitatively describe the relevant risks for cow welfare involved in the use of an MSU compared with current practice by carrying out a rapid comparative risk assessment of animal welfare. The assessment framework consisted of the following steps: identification and description of scenarios, followed by assessment and comparison of the most relevant animal welfare risks in these scenarios, including hazard identification, hazard characterization, exposure, and characterization of the risk to animal welfare. Two main scenarios were identified, one with and one without an MSU. The second scenario was split into three sub-scenarios: killing on the farm/in a housing unit, emergency slaughter, and conventional transport to the slaughterhouse. The most relevant risks associated with operating an MSU were as follows: leaving the cow alive on the farm when it was not fit for slaughter; forcing the cow to walk to and into the MSU (however, this risk is likely higher under conventional transport of unfit cows); and insufficient stunning and bleeding, leading to questionable unconsciousness (however, this risk is likely higher in an emergency slaughter scenario). The MSU is a means of preventing the exacerbation of welfare deterioration in cows that are unfit for transport but fit for slaughter, and it reduces exposure to stressors (hazards) that are conventionally present during transport and at a stationary slaughterhouse. This rapid comparative risk assessment of animal welfare supported swift decision-making: the national competent authority (i.e., the NVWA in the Netherlands) and policymakers were able to improve and develop risk-mitigating actions and to decide on allowing the use of an MSU. When appropriately designed and used, and with sufficient supervision, mobile slaughter facilities can reduce welfare risks in cull dairy cows that are unfit for transport but fit for slaughter.

Examining the Interplay of Climate Change, Cultural Dynamics, and Sustainable Development: A Global Perspective

This study undertakes a comprehensive multi-country analysis to investigate the intricate relationships among climate change, cultural dynamics, and sustainable development. Leveraging a robust, unbalanced panel dataset that encompasses one hundred and eight countries or regions over nearly four decades (1981–2019), this study employs fixed-effects estimation techniques to mitigate the impact of time-invariant heterogeneity across observational units. Structural equation modeling (SEM) is also employed as an advanced analytical tool to explore complex causal pathways and latent variables. Conducted in Stata, this multifaceted approach allows us to delve into the causal interconnections between climate change indicators, various cultural attributes, and indices of sustainable development. The findings reveal a negative influence of climate change on cultural background formation, which in turn impacts sustainable development. On the other hand, it is found that cultural background contributes positively to sustainable development. This suggests integrating cultural considerations into climate change adaptation, mitigation strategies, and sustainable development interventions. These strategies account for diverse societal values and behaviors, facilitating more effective climate change mitigation and adaptation. This study contributes to the growing research on the interplay between climate change and sustainable development by emphasizing a culturally informed policy framework. Its findings stand to inform national and international policymaking and enrich the discourse surrounding the creative economy’s role in promoting sustainable development in the face of climate change.