Governance For Sustainable Development Research Articles

Environmental and Resource Impacts from an Aggressive Regionalized Carbon Peak Policy.

When and how to achieve a carbon peak is a concern for provincial regions within China under the context of achieving carbon neutrality in 2060. This study investigates the overall carbon peak environmental and resource impacts under current national targets and Shanghai's latest more aggressive carbon peak policy by using a dynamic multiple-region computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for the year 2030. Results show that (1) the national carbon peak and the more aggressive regional policy in Shanghai will result in energy consumption and carbon emissions decreases when compared to the business-as-usual scenario in most provinces; (2) although some cobenefits in water use reduction may occur in most provinces under the carbon policy scenarios, the results show positive and negative variations; (3) provincial level environmental and resources in transport, electricity, metal smelting and pressing, and agricultural production sectors are most influenced by Shanghai's aggressive carbon peak policy; and (4) the outsourced environmental and resource impacts from Shanghai to other provinces are very significant under Shanghai's aggressive carbon policy. These relevant results provide insights to facilitate broader governance decision-making for environmental resource nexuses while seeking an improved understanding of global sustainable development and climate governance.

Identifying evolving priorities in national river governance from Parliamentary Questions

Abstract Rivers and their surrounding land provide resources and services that result in trade-offs requiring legislative and institutional interventions, for which the perspectives of law-policymakers and their societal values and political expediencies play a major role in decision-making. This study critically evaluates the evolving land–river governance in large democratically elected governments with complex developmental priorities and how law-policymakers’ recognition of emerging issues of river management influences common pool environmental resources governance. We selected an emerging economy – India – and analysed Parliamentary Questions (PQs) between 1999 and 2020 using a mixed method approach. Conflicting priorities over economic development, pollution management, socio-cultural values and inter-state–centre issues shape the evolving priorities of land–river governance. A declining focus on large-scale dams coupled with increasing attention on inter-basin water transfers, river conservation and pollution abatement, demonstrates an evolution away from the earlier narrow view of rivers for irrigation and hydropower. Our analysis demonstrates how the priorities of law-policymakers and political expedience play a critical role in river governance and thereby provide important insights into common pool environmental resources governance for sustainable development while also identifying important knowledge gaps and suggesting scopes for interdisciplinary studies.

The Role Halal Industry to Support Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

The development halal industry continues to increase both nationally and globally. The interest many countries development halal industry shows sector will develop well. The consumption pattern with halal is not only for Muslims but also many parties can have role economy. Halal industry, which is part of Islamic economic activities, plays role supporting the government's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) program, concept and application of which are in line with development. Purpose study determine development halal industry, and describe role halal industry in supporting SDGs program. The method used in this research is qualitative, with literature study approach, from several sources that are considered relevant to the research theme. Data source used is secondary data, data has been presented. Data collection technique is literature, and the data analysis technique used is descriptive qualitative. Results this study indicate development halal industry based on data LPPOM MUI Certified halal products 2021 grew by 2,531.49 percent. Based on the food sector's halal industry spending 77.23 of the total other halal industries. Role halal industry in realizing SDGs, namely; reducing poverty, reducing hunger, healthy lives and well-being, decent work and economic growth, industry innovation and infrastructure. Responsible consumption and production. Than partnerships to achieve goals

A system leverage points approach to governance for sustainable development

Governments are inherently responsible for citizens' well-being. Given that achieving sustainable development ["Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs"—(WCED in Our common future, Oxford University Press, New York, 1987)] is core to the attainment and maintenance of citizens' well-being, and increasingly understood to require major transformations in integrated social, technological and ecological systems (Sachs et al. in The decade of action for the sustainable development goals: sustainable development report 2021, Cambridge, 2021), it follows that governments have a significant role in shaping transformations. Muted progress on long-standing social, environmental, and economic challenges alongside spiralling public budgets and intergenerational debt suggests, however, that public governance systems are inadequate to facilitate the transformations urgently required. Conceptualising the practice of public decision-making as a complex system, this paper investigates whether known influences on public decision-makers can be linked to Meadows’ (Leverage points: places to intervene in a system, Sustainability Institute, North Charleston, 1999) leverage point framework. Finding meaningful connections, it further explores how the leverage point framework can be employed to engage decision-making influences as enablers of desirable public outcomes. It is contended that shifting decision-makers’ focus one step beyond currently prevalent leverage points will set in motion the transformations in governance required to facilitate sustainable development.

Youth Goals? Youth Agency and the Sustainable Development Goals

Abstract Youth participated in the negotiations for the Sustainable Development Goals (sdg s) as an official United Nations constituency. And yet, so far, there has been no study of their participation in these negotiations. This is even more surprising given that the 2015 sdg s are now under their review stage just as youth are emerging, through protests, as key players in sustainable development governance. In order to improve knowledge of youth as global actors, this article embraces an innovative ‘youth agency’ perspective in global politics. Borrowing from youth studies, such a perspective relies on three research questions, on the (i) identity of youth actors, (ii) their claims, and (iii) their impact at the global level. Methodologically, the article mostly relies on a qualitative assessment of youth experiences in negotiation processes through interviews of youth actors. It reveals the subjectivities of youth identity at the global level and the limits of their achievements within formal negotiation processes.

How Has China Structured Its Ecological Governance Policy System?-A Case from Fujian Province.

Ecological civilization (EC) has been seen as the final goal of social and environmental reform within a given society. Much attention has been paid to the national governmental level in previous studies, and district- and local-level government actions have been a lower priority, which may have led to overlooking key details of management institutions and policy systems in relation to EC. In this research, we aimed to make a significant contribution to the literature by tracing the EC trajectory and policy transitions. Through bibliometric analysis of policy documents, we reviewed the EC construction system for Fujian Province from 2004 to 2020. The policy priorities, organization-functional network, and contributing factors to policy changes in each of the three phases are discussed in depth. Target setting, actors’ functions, and institutional guarantees are the core elements of EC construction. This research provides a quantitative foundation for understanding policy reform and transition with regards to Chinese local governments’ EC actions. The experience of Fujian Province shows trends toward legalization, multi-actor linkage, and issue refinement that may serve as a basis for other countries and regions in order to explore the promotion of sustainable development and environmental governance as pathways to EC.

Modeling of carbon sequestration with land use and land cover in the northeastern part of the Nile Delta, Egypt

The world is currently concerned about the phenomenon of climate change and global warming because of the natural disasters that threaten the lives of living organisms on the surface of the earth. Despite this, there is a dearth of studies dealing with reducing carbon emissions in Egypt. We needed to cover this defect in an important area of Egypt, which is the eastern delta region including Manzala Lake. Land use and land cover (LU/LC) represents a vital role in carbon regulation in coastal areas. Our study uses three Landsat images in 2001, 2013, and 2021 to estimate the amount of carbon storage and sequestration and used Land Change Modeler (LCM) with Cellular Automata Markov Chain (CA-MC) model to predict land cover changes in 2031. Results show that in the period between 2013 and 2021, about half of the floating plants have been destroyed and removed. Our results demonstrate that the increased area for agricultural lands from 2013 to 2021 (2306 Mg C/km2) leads to an increased amount of carbon stoke but the decreased area for floating plants (-4508 Mg C/km2) leads to a decrease in carbon storage. Results showed that a remarkable decrease in carbon storage in the future was attributed to anthropogenic activities in the study area and also as a result of the un exploiting of environmental resources. Finally, the total cost of carbon was 1323.4, 1437.9, 1184.8, and 1296.5 $US/ha for 2001, 2013, 2021, and 2032, respectively. Results showed that the minimum cost for 2021 that a noticeable shortage due to the removal of vegetation and an increase the area of lake water. These conversions have to some extent affected the capacity of coastal habitats to sequester and store CO2. For carbon storage, we recommend afforestation of desert areas. The current design for carbon storage and sequestration is a good guide for government and decision makers for suitable sustainable development, climatic regulation, and carbon budget.

The GSP+ and Exports of Pakistan to the European Union

The European Union (EU) introduced a scheme known as GSP+ (Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus) for importing products from developing countries, effective from January 2014, with lowering of tariffs substantially. The GSP+ is termed as a ‘special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance.’ There are currently eight GSP+ beneficiary countries: Armenia, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. This study is focused on the exports of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines to the European Union. In addition, the impact of GSP+ on the trade of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Philippines. Descriptive statistics and regression analyses have been performed to identify the impact of GSP+. For regression analyses, data for the period 2008-2019, i.e., six years before the GSP+ (2008-2013) and six years after the GSP+ (2014-2019) has been studied. The result shows that Pakistan is the most beneficiary of the GSP+ as compared to Sri Lanka and the Philippines. It has also been noticed that the exports of Pakistan have shifted from Asia and Africa to the EU in the wake of the GSP+.

Transforming Public Sector Organisations in Non-Western Economies Through a Sustainability Leadership Approach

Dynamics in the business environment today is affecting every facet of human endeavor. The traditional leadership behavior has had its own share. Several researchers have written on sustainable development and corporate governance practices as a sure way of profitability and growth in a contemporary business organization. In this article, the author ignites the debate to transform public sector organizational leadership in the non-western economies to embrace the sustainability leadership approach. This is as a result of poor corporate governance and unethical corporate cultural practices and lack of stewardship theoretical approach that has brought seven domestic banks to their knees in Ghana in 2017 and 2018. The study further proposes a strong organizational culture that keeps values and ethical behavior as well as regulatory framework in checks for long-term survival and profitability in the public sector organizations that take away the vulnerability and unethical practices.

A Model for a Process Approach in the Governance System for Sustainable Development

The paper refers to the governance of “sustainable development (SD)” and aims to describe a new way of addressing it consisting of a process-based approach. In accordance with this objective, the paper presents three distinct sections: basic concepts on SD and public administration governance; an overview of publications on the SD governance framework; schematic presentation and description of the key SD governance processes, with reference to the “United Nations (UN)” governance system for SD. Applying the process approach to the UN governance for SD is a novelty, and results in a model that reflects its global picture and links with other governance levels. The proposed model is important for decision makers in multilevel governance for SD, helping to better coordinate the changes needed to build inclusive and effective governance systems. It also addresses academics and researchers, creating the framework for the future studies on SD governance processes and ways to improve them.

Barriers to Environmental Governance for Sustainable Urban Development

Cities globally are estimated to double their population by 2050 thereby increasing the necessity to underscore sustainability. Projections of economic growth, social equality, infrastructural development in urban centers and cities highlight the precept of environmental governance in attaining sustainable urban development. Untold impacts of unstructured urban development become barriers to environmental governance particularly on pillars of governance such as transparency and equity. Further, these barriers to environmental governance focus on institutional, financial and policy frameworks that have not been developed for sustainable urban development. The implied cost of urban planning and reduced urban personnel enhance barriers for environmental governance and sustainable urban development. The study utilized an exploratory research design which employed secondary data for analysis and desktop reviews on environmental governance and sustainable urban development for emerging cities globally and those in existence. Findings of the study illustrate the pivotal role of environmental governance for sustainable urban development with a keen focus on institutions, financial prudence and enhanced policy frameworks. The findings further underscore the necessity to amalgamate environmental governance and urban development with a view of fostering sustainability in an increasing urban and city population. Overcoming the barriers to environmental governance cements sustainability for urban centers and safeguards the future growth of sustainable cities.

Sustainable development matters for animals too: Governments have a responsibility to recognize that

Abstract Animals matter for sustainable development, and sustainable development matters for animals. Yet animal welfare remains largely neglected in sustainable development governance. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to protect species, biodiversity, and habitats, but not individual animals. This June, governments will convene for the UN Stockholm+50 Conference, which marks 50 years of international environmental decision making. At this conference, governments have an opportunity to recognize the importance of animal welfare for sustainable development, and to aspire to harm animals less and benefit them more as part of sustainable development governance. We call on governments to take these steps for the sake of human and non-human animals alike.

Information governance for sustainable development: Exploring social dilemmas in data provision for international reporting on Land Degradation Neutrality

In 2015, the United Nations (UN) adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sub-goal 15.3 aims to achieve "Land Degradation Neutrality" (LDN) by 2030 through the efforts of UN member states. Countries committed to LDN are encouraged to report on progress to the UN by tracking three globally recognized indicators: land cover, land productivity, and soil organic carbon stocks. This requires the adoption of a methodology for accurately assessing land degradation and the availability of mechanisms for collecting and reporting the data. In Kyrgyzstan, the first LDN report identified a serious gap in national carbon stock data and a lack of standard procedures for monitoring and reporting on all three LDN indicators. Recent efforts to develop scientifically sound methods for assessing soil organic carbon stocks and calculating the other two indicators based on available national datasets could help address these deficiencies. However, to be effective, methodological advances need to be embedded in a suitable institutional architecture. Based on semi-structured interviews with local experts, this study shows how the institutional context within which information users and producers interact affects the provision of environmental data required by international agreements. Drawing on the knowledge commons framework, this paper identifies and describes three social dilemmas at the root of tensions in information governance that affect LDN reporting in the Kyrgyz context. The study also identifies opportunities for learning and improvement and highlights key issues that are relevant beyond the LDN context and could contribute to enhancing monitoring and reporting on environmental dimensions of other SDGs.

Sustainable development matters for animals too: Governments have a responsibility to recognize that

Abstract Animals matter for sustainable development, and sustainable development matters for animals. Yet animal welfare remains largely neglected in sustainable development governance. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to protect species, biodiversity, and habitats, but not individual animals. This June, governments will convene for the UN Stockholm+50 Conference, which marks 50 years of international environmental decision making. At this conference, governments have an opportunity to recognize the importance of animal welfare for sustainable development, and to aspire to harm animals less and benefit them more as part of sustainable development governance. We call on governments to take these steps for the sake of human and non-human animals alike. One Health impact statement One Health is a promising framework for improving global health. Human, non-human, and environmental health are linked, and health policies should reflect these links. However, standard interpretations of One Health are anthropocentric, in that they tend to value non-human animals primarily for the sake of humans, which can lead to policies that harm and neglect non-humans unnecessarily. As a result, humans miss out on many opportunities to improve human and non-human lives at the same time. We call for strengthening One Health by recognizing the intrinsic value of animals and considering their interests when making policy decisions that affect them. We also call for supporting informational, financial, and regulatory policies that reduce exploitation of animals and increase assistance for animals in co-beneficial ways.

The Development and Prospects of Socioscientific Issues Teaching in the Context of Immersive Media Technology.

Marshall McLuhan once proposed the concept of “global village,” believing that with the help of electronic media, Earth has become indistinguishable from a community, and there is only one Earth for human beings and one world for all countries. Today, with the continuous development of media technology, the concept of a human destiny community has also gained the general consensus of people around the world. The global value of the human destiny community encompasses the interdependent concept of international power, the concept of common interests, the concept of sustainable development, and the concept of global governance. In particular, the concepts of sustainable development and global governance have been advocated by the public, which in turn has led to extensive public discussions on Socioscientific Issues (SSI), in which the teaching of SSI is gradually considered by the international science education community as one of the important goals of science education. The current issues and challenges facing SSI teaching and how immersive media technologies can facilitate SSI teaching have become important issues of keen public interest.

Evolution of water-use efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Belt based on national strategies and water environment treatment

Over the past two decades, strategies for sustainable development and water environment governance have become the main ways to improve regional water-use efficiency. However, the evolutionary characteristics and drivers of the regional water-use efficiency remain unclear, and the effectiveness of national strategic instruments must still be evaluated. The study uses the minimum distance to the strong efficient frontier model (MinDS) to measure water-use efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, examines the evolutionary characteristics of water-use efficiency from spatial and temporal perspectives, and further investigates drivers of the evolution of the water-use efficiency. The results indicate that the water-use efficiency in the Yangtze River Economic Belt has greatly improved and been maintained at a high level, especially after the national strategy for this economic belt was established. Water-use efficiency improvement is closely related to water environment treatment. There exists a significant spillover effect on the water-use efficiency in the provinces of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. High-level provinces are helpful in driving neighboring provinces to improve their water-use efficiency, while low-level provinces play a negative role. This study confirms the effectiveness of the national strategy and provides a useful perspective for interprovincial water-use efficiency improvement.

Sustainable Management Practices for Urban Green Spaces to Support Green Infrastructure: An Italian Case Study

Traditional land-use planning models have proven inadequate to address contemporary issues in sustainable development and protection governance. In recent years, new ‘performance based’ approaches that integrate ecosystem services (ES) provided via green infrastructure (GI) into traditional spatial planning models have been proven to reach a higher level of environmental performance, necessary to improve quality of life for all people. In Italy, there are no mandatory planning instruments to design and manage GI, which still remains a component of the traditional land-use plan. Here, the development of urban green spaces (UGS) based on ‘quantitative assessment’ is not suitable for guaranteeing the supply of ES. In addition, the scarcity of financial resources to develop ‘green standards’, as prescribed in the land-use plan to strategically design the GI, is an issue for most Italian public administrations. The paper provides the results of a test case conducted in a public green area of the city of Ancona, where the experimentation of a diversified maintenance strategy of an urban lawn significantly reduced the management cost and improved the environmental performance of green spaces. The identification of a unified management strategy to be applied to all the public UGS can help to achieve better results in support of sustainability, to redesign the continuity of GI and to develop strategies for future urban green master plans.

A taxonomy of green governance: A qualitative and quantitative analysis towards sustainable development

• This study proposed a taxonomy of green governance for sustainable development. • This study proposed the influencing factors of green governance to achieve sustainable development based on the existing literature. • A case study was conducted to evaluate whether a country needs to adopt a green governance policy to achieve sustainable growth. • This study provides some practical implications based on the findings of the paper. It is undeniable that our environment is constantly evolving and citizens are facing new issues and challenges related to the environment around the world. Green governance is essential to achieve the goals agreed upon by local and global governments. The concept of green governance makes it possible to understand the integration of the actors of each governance form during decision-making. In this article, we identify the research gap and propose a taxonomy of green governance for sustainable development. We used factor analysis to construct the taxonomy of green governance. We also proposed the critical influencing factors of green governance to build sustainable development. To evaluate the importance of green governance for reducing CO 2 emissions and other energy-related consumption, this study conducted two case studies with empirical analysis on the OECD Indian dataset of green growth indicators. The Indian green growth indicators are predicted using a machine learning technique that employs linear digression, support vector machine (SVM), and Gaussian process. The analysis shows that the taxonomy of green governance—global governance, adaptive governance, climate governance, ecological governance, self-governance, energy governance, and information technology (IT) governance—are related to each other and can work on the same objective by pursuing different activities. In addition, the case study analysis shows that the SVM is the superior technique in terms of predicting the time series data in this study. Based on the analysis, this study suggest that green governance is vital for achieving global sustainable goals for future growth, and policy-makers should keep this in mind when making environmental policy decisions.

Are the Agro-Ecosystems Sustainable? Measurement and Evaluation: A Case Study of Sichuan Province, China

In recent years, with the frequent occurrence of global climate problems, China has paid great attention to sustainable development and ecological environment governance. Sichuan Province is a significant grain production and a reserve base in western China, and its sustainable development in agriculture is an important foundation for the healthy development of the regional agricultural economy and food security. In this study, we divided the agricultural production land in Sichuan into cultivated land, water area, grassland, and forest land. We used the ecological footprint method to investigate the ecological footprint and the carrying capacity of agriculture in Sichuan comprehensively. We conclude that 1) generally, the overall agricultural ecosystem in Sichuan has been in a state of ecological surplus for the past 20 y, and the environmental pressure is gradually decreasing. However, the development within the ecosystem is uneven. 2) In terms of subdivision, the cultivated land, forest land, and water area in Sichuan have always been in a state of ecological surplus, but the grassland is in an ecological deficit state. In terms of the trend, the ecological status of cultivated land has declined significantly, while the forest land has gradually improved, and the water area is relatively stable. Yet, the deficit of grassland is still severe. 3) Forest land is considered the most sustainable type and has a high resource utilization rate all the time, followed by water area, cultivated land, and grassland, when measured by ecological indicators. At the same time, in terms of the coordination between economy and ecology, all lands have been improved.

The Sustainable Development Governance Initiatives of Quezon City, Philippines: An Analysis of Its Enablers and Barriers

ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the Quezon City Government's sustainable development initiatives in terms of both enablers and barriers and establishes their significant relationships and effects to policy outcomes as well. Quezon City is a highly urbanized city located in the Philippine metropolitan capital known for its sustainable development initiatives and ordinances in the Philippines. Adhering to the logic model evaluation of sustainability conceptual framework, and employing a combination of purposive informant surveys and semi-structured interviews, the paper reveals some cross-cutting predictors and significant determinants of sustainable development programs, especially for programs that need to be sustained before they yield impact. Finally, the paper highlights its main contributions to sustainable development studies, namely, the utilization of the logic evaluation model sustainability framework for local governance as an ontological argument, employment of a mixed method as an epistemological tool, and the conduct of empirical assessment supported and reinforced by various stakeholder's views and discourses.