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1 Dutt, G.; Gaioli, F. 2007. Coping with climate change. Economic and Political Weekly, 42(42): 4239-4250.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 7993 Record No: H040894)
2 Forsyth, T. 2003. Critical political ecology: the politics of environmental science. Oxon, UK: Routledge. 320p.
Political ecology ; Environmental sciences ; Environmental degradation ; Water resources ; Watersheds ; Legal aspects ; Environmental policies ; Organizations ; Globalization ; Risks ; Uncertainty
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 304.2 G000 FOR Record No: H045898)
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3 Cullet, P.; Bhullar, L.; Koonan, S. 2017. Regulating the interactions between climate change and groundwater: lessons from India. Water International, 42(6):646-662. (Special issue: Groundwater and Climate Change - Multi-Level Law and Policy). [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2017.1351056]
Climate change ; Groundwater ; Water law ; Regulations ; Water rights ; Equity ; Water use ; Sustainability ; Water conservation ; Aquifers ; Legal frameworks ; Environmental legislation ; Environmental policies / India
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048291)
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Groundwater is often considered a largely local issue that is difficult to regulate. Further, groundwater regulation has often focused on use, rather than protection and conservation. There has thus been little integration of environmental concerns into groundwater regulation. Climate change calls for rethinking the regulatory framework for protecting and regulating groundwater. In India, the climate change regime has not given groundwater adequate prominence. Conversely, groundwater regulation remains largely detached from environmental challenges, including climate change. This needs to be addressed through regulation that links the two fields and is based on legal principles derived from the Constitution of India.
4 Nagoda, S.; Nightingale, A. J. 2017. Participation and power in climate change adaptation policies: vulnerability in food security programs in Nepal. World Development, 100:85-93. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.07.022]
Climate change adaptation ; Participatory approaches ; Environmental policies ; Food security ; Local government ; Political aspects ; Social aspects ; Nongovernmental organizations ; Case studies ; Villages / Nepal / Humla
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H048428)
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The article explores the moments wherein participatory approaches in climate change adaptation (CCA) policies contribute to reinforcing, rather than transforming, the underlying causes of vulnerability. Using the case of food insecure households in the district of Humla in northwestern Nepal, the study demonstrates that the same social and power relations that are driving local vulnerability dynamics, such as caste, gender, and access to social and political networks, also play important roles in shaping the impact of CCA policies. By tracing Nepal’s CCA programs, starting with the local level, through district to international-national level dynamics, the study adds insights into the barriers to exclusion that embed power relations all the way through the chain of policy development. The purpose is to better understand how CCA can perpetuate rather than alleviate the conditions that create differential vulnerability patterns at village level. It raises questions about how whether CCA programs are an adequate response to increasing vulnerability for some of the world’s most marginalized people.
5 Jordan, A.; Huitema, D.; van Asselt, H.; Forster, J. (Eds.) 2018. Governing climate change: polycentricity in action? Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 389p. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108284646]
Climate change adaptation ; Governance ; International agreements ; Environmental conventions ; UNFCCC ; International organizations ; Environmental organizations ; State intervention ; Regulations ; International law ; Environmental policies ; Carbon markets ; Entrepreneurship ; Economic aspects ; Technology transfer ; Innovation ; Experimentation ; Energy technology ; Solar energy ; Towns ; Political aspects ; Equity ; Leadership ; Diffusion ; Monitoring ; Evaluation ; Learning
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https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/033486F6DA7F2CD1F8F3D6011B17909B/9781108418126AR.pdf/Governing_Climate_Change.pdf?event-type=FTLA
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https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H048770.pdf
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6 Kyei, C.; Hassan, R. 2019. Managing the trade-off between economic growth and protection of environmental quality: the case of taxing water pollution in the Olifants River Basin of South Africa. Water Policy, 21(2):277-290. [doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/wp.2019.190]
Water pollution ; Environmental protection ; Pollution control ; Water quality ; Economic growth ; Taxes ; Markets ; Incentives ; Water policy ; Environmental policies ; Evaluation ; Models ; Databases ; Case studies / South Africa / Olifants River Basin / Olifants Water Management Area
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049239)
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A series of pollution control measures have been introduced to protect water quality in the Olifants river basin, the third most water-stressed and most polluted basin in South Africa. This paper employed an environmentally extended computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyse the economic and environmental implications of a tax on water pollution in the basin. Implications of increasing the pollution tax rate currently in place for the levels of economic activities and water quality have been simulated under alternative tax revenue recycling schemes. Results of our policy simulations suggest that internalising the cost of water pollution through the tax regime achieves its environmental goals of protecting the aquatic ecosystem, by shifting production away from pollution-intensive sectors. This, however, comes at some cost to the regional economy of the basin. Recycling the tax revenue through income transfers to households or a subsidy to pollution abatement mitigates the adverse economic impacts.
7 Moomaw, W. R.; Chmura, G. L.; Davies, G. T.; Finlayson, C. M.; Middleton, B. A.; Natali, S. M.; Perry, J. E.; Roulet, N.; Sutton-Grier, A. E. 2018. Wetlands in a changing climate: science, policy and management. Wetlands, 38(2):183-205. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13157-018-1023-8]
Wetlands ; Climate change adaptation ; Resilience ; Carbon cycle ; Environmental management ; Ecosystem services ; Freshwater ; Greenhouse gas emissions ; Environmental policies ; International agreements ; Treaties ; European Union ; Environmental protection ; Strategies ; Ecological factors ; Peatlands ; Mangroves ; Coastal area ; Sea level
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049341)
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs13157-018-1023-8.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049341.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H049341.pdf
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Part 1 of this review synthesizes recent research on status and climate vulnerability of freshwater and saltwater wetlands, and their contribution to addressing climate change (carbon cycle, adaptation, resilience). Peatlands and vegetated coastal wetlands are among the most carbon rich sinks on the planet sequestering approximately as much carbon as do global forest ecosystems. Estimates of the consequences of rising temperature on current wetland carbon storage and future carbon sequestration potential are summarized. We also demonstrate the need to prevent drying of wetlands and thawing of permafrost by disturbances and rising temperatures to protect wetland carbon stores and climate adaptation/resiliency ecosystem services. Preventing further wetland loss is found to be important in limiting future emissions to meet climate goals, but is seldom considered. In Part 2, the paper explores the policy and management realm from international to national, subnational and local levels to identify strategies and policies reflecting an integrated understanding of both wetland and climate change science. Specific recommendations are made to capture synergies between wetlands and carbon cycle management, adaptation and resiliency to further enable researchers, policy makers and practitioners to protect wetland carbon and climate adaptation/resiliency ecosystem services.
8 Homsy, G. C.; Warner, M, E. 2020. Does public ownership of utilities matter for local government water policies? Utilities Policy, 64:101057. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2020.101057]
Water policy ; Local government ; Drinking water ; Water resources ; Equity ; Sustainability ; Infrastructure ; Environmental protection ; Environmental policies ; Communities ; Households ; Income / USA
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H049838)
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What differentiates local governments that implement water policies on equity and the environment? Analyzing a 2015 national survey of 1,897 U.S. municipalities, we find municipalities that own their water utilities are more likely to report policies to protect low-income residents from disconnection and implement water resource management. Respondents from 8% of municipalities report protecting residents from disconnection. State economic regulation of municipally owned utilities and Democrat-majority municipal governments are positively associated with local policies to protect low-income households from shutoffs but bear no association with resource management. Both municipal ownership of utilities and state economic regulation may play a role in meeting certain local water policy goals.
9 Almannaei, N. A.; Akhter, M. S.; Shah, A. 2020. Improving environmental policy-making process to enable achievement of sustainable development goals. Environmental Policy and Law, 50(1-2):47-54. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3233/EPL-200202]
Environmental policies ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Policy making ; International agreements ; Treaties ; Sustainability ; Law ; Evaluation ; Uncertainty
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050069)
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This article addresses the continuing quest for effective sustainable development laws, policies and other measures, in the context of the international objective of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. It addresses these issues both in general and in the specific context of climate policy. It focuses on exploring the results presented by other authors that discuss these matters in depth, with particular attention to the five problem areas: uncertainties in dealing with concerns of precaution and possible future impacts; the role of nature in society; international treaties; interlinkages among the SDGs; and the challenges of evaluation and feedback.
10 Kurian, M.; Kojima, Y. 2021. Boundary science: re-imagining water-energy-food interactions in the context of a data light approach to monitoring the environment- development nexus. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. 158p.
Water resources ; Energy ; Food security ; Nexus ; Monitoring and evaluation ; Environmental management ; Governance ; Environmental policies ; Decision making ; Institutions ; Non-governmental organizations ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Goal 6 Clean water and sanitation ; Wastewater management ; Water reuse ; Water supply ; Resilience ; Natural resources ; Soil erosion ; Open access ; Modelling ; Citizen science ; Social networks ; Public services
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy SF Record No: H050768)
11 Seymour, V.; Willls, B.; Wilkin, P.; Burt, P.; Ikin, E.; Stevenson, P. C. 2022. Incorporating citizen science to advance the natural capital approach. Ecosystem Services, 54:101419. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2022.101419]
Citizen science ; Natural capital ; Assessment ; Public participation ; Environmental policies ; Frameworks ; Ecosystem services ; Decision making ; Government ; Stakeholders ; Scientists ; Sustainability ; Case studies / UK
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051063)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041622000158/pdfft?md5=cb67722d5f91d3e43d807ac73ffed90f&pid=1-s2.0-S2212041622000158-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051063.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051063.pdf
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There are several frameworks which have been developed to describe the Natural Capital assessment approach. However, some of these frameworks are not fully operational in practice, and there is no unified methodology. Furthermore, calls have been made to increase the public’s awareness and understanding of Natural Capital issues. To address some of these limitations it has been suggested to incorporate citizen science methods, an approach which has been increasingly growing in the Natural Capital field. The purpose of this article is to present a framework within the context of UK environmental policy as a case study. It illustrates the practicalities and the potential of using citizen science and other forms of public engagement approaches within a pre-existing Natural Capital accounting framework. This article first reviews current UK Natural Capital assessment approaches, as well as the potential for including citizen science and public engagement approaches. Combining these approaches, the inclusion of citizen science within the Natural Capital assessment framework is explored through the development of a conceptual model. We argue that the inclusion of a citizen science approach, and other forms of public engagement within the Natural Capital assessment can support in gathering a multidimensional perspective on comprehensive Natural Capital assets, and ecosystem service benefits. Knowledge generated could then be implemented to support holistic decision-making for nature-based solutions.
12 Schaub, S.; Vogeler, C.; Metz, F. 2022. Designing policy mixes for the sustainable management of water resources. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 24(5):463-471. (Special issue: Policy-mix Designs for Enabling Water Policy Integration) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2022.2100751]
Water management ; Sustainability ; Water resources ; Policy making ; Environmental policies ; Public policies ; Decision making ; Political aspects ; Institutions
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051355)
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Today’s complex policy problems are strongly characterized by interdependencies across sectors. Such interdependencies hamper the sustainable management of natural resources such as water. The protection of water resources exhibits manifold interlinkages, often with energy and food policy. Interdependent policy problems entail trade-offs across policy sectors and therefore present decision-makers with a major challenge. In order to address this, the design of sustainable policy mixes should produce synergetic effects that contribute to both the protection of water resources and achieving the objectives of other interlinked policy sectors. However, it remains unclear why some policy mixes show significant flaws that prevent the achievement of sustainable outcomes. The contributions of this special issue step into this research gap and aim to explain variation in policy mixes and their contribution to sustainability.
13 Jorge-Garcia, D.; Estruch-Guitart, V.; Aragones-Beltran, P. 2023. How geographical factors and decision-makers' perceptions influence the prioritization of ecosystem services: analysis in the Spanish rice field areas in RAMSAR Mediterranean wetlands. Science of The Total Environment, 869:161823. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161823]
Ecosystem services ; Rice fields ; Decision making ; Environmental policies ; Wetlands ; Stakeholders ; Models ; Biodiversity / Spain / Mediterranean Region / Guadalquivir Marshes / Catalonia / Ebro Delta / Albufera Natural Park
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051697)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969723004382/pdfft?md5=e075eb9dd0f3cb991aecdf8cfdee7525&pid=1-s2.0-S0048969723004382-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051697.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051697.pdf
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Mediterranean wetlands provide many ecosystem services to humans and other organisms. However, these services are being increasingly damaged. The prioritization of ecosystem services is essential to start a decision-making process focused on environmental policies, highlighting the necessity of equilibrium between sustainability and human well-being. This study analyzes the similarities and differences among the ecosystem services provided by the Spanish RAMSAR Mediterranean wetlands, where rice production is the main economic activity. These areas are the Ebro Delta, the Albufera Natural Park and the Guadalquivir Marshes (Doñana Biosphere Reserve). Despite being different areas, environmental and agricultural policies sometimes treat their characteristics without distinction since they are conceptually englobed in the same category. This analysis aims to study whether geographical and sociocultural factors could influence the prioritization of ecosystem services. The prioritization of the three study areas was conducted using the Analytic Network Process (ANP), a multi-criteria decision-making method which allows decision-makers to manage the ecosystem's complexity. The results are helpful for future policies and in understanding the complex network of interconnections among ecosystem services. Additionally, results show that there are statistically significant differences in priorities among the three study areas due to geographical and cultural reasons. Moreover, results have also shown that decision-makers' judgements influenced the priorities depending on their background and personal or professional preferences. It emphasizes the necessity of implementing environmental policies from a theoretical and global scale to a participatory and local one, considering a broader range of stakeholders' perceptions to reflect the complexity of the ecosystem services network.
14 Hlahla, S.; Ngidi, M.; Duma, S. E.; Sobratee-Fajurally, N.; Modi, A. T.; Slotow, R.; Mabhaudhi, Tafadzwanashe. 2023. Policy gaps and food systems optimization: a review of agriculture, environment, and health policies in South Africa. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:867481. [doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.867481]
Food security ; Nutrition security ; Agricultural policies ; Environmental policies ; Health policies ; Food systems ; Collaboration ; Coordination ; Vulnerability ; Unemployment ; Poverty ; Government ; Legislation / South Africa / KwaZulu-Natal
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052160)
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.867481/pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052160.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052160.pdf
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South Africa faces the triple burden of malnutrition, high poverty levels, unemployment, and inequality. “Wicked problems” such as these require innovative and transdisciplinary responses, multi-stakeholder coordination and collaboration, managing complex synergies and trade-os, and achieving sustainable outcomes. Through qualitative content analysis of national and provincial sector-based policies, we explored the interlinkages between the agriculture, environment, and health sectors in South Africa in the context of sustainable food and nutrition security and the extent to which these interlinkages are integrated into policy and planning. A systemic analysis of the review outcomes was performed to identify its main learning outcome, the status quo in the policy process. The nature of feedback loops was identified, and a leverage point was suggested. The review highlighted that policymakers in the agriculture, environment and health sectors are aware of, and have understood, the relationships among the three sectors. They have also made attempts to address these interlinkages through collaboration and coordination. Unfortunately, this has been met with several challenges due to fragmented sector-specific mandates and targets and a lack of resources for integrated solutions. This creates implementation gaps and unintended duplication of activities, leading to poor service delivery. Transitioning to sustainable and healthy food systems will only be possible after these gaps have been closed and implementation optimization has been achieved. Focusing on meta-level problem-framing, functional collaboration through transdisciplinary approaches, and integrated targets are critical to successful policy implementation and progressive realization of national goals related to sustainable food and nutrition security, unemployment, poverty, and inequality.
15 Vezzoni, R.; Sijtsma, F.; Vihinen, H. 2023. Designing effective environmental policy mixes in the UN decade on ecosystem restoration. Ecosystem Services, 62:101541. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101541]
Environmental policies ; Ecosystem restoration ; UN ; Ecosystem services ; COVID-19 ; Recuperation ; Economic value ; Financing ; Natural resources ; Governance
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052110)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041623000347/pdfft?md5=90ddcb4e77552053cb3ab9b9af834e20&pid=1-s2.0-S2212041623000347-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052110.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H052110.pdf
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The 2020s are starting under challenging circumstances. The impact of COVID-19 recovery plans and the realignment of geopolitics with energy provisioning will be crucial for meeting global environmental policy targets, such as those exemplified by the recently launched United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. How to build a more ecologically viable society, however, remains a contested issue. Several scholars are also highlighting the importance of complexifying environmental policy beyond individual instruments centred on the limiting paradigm of economic growth. Drawing on these considerations, we make a case for Environmental Policy Mixes (EPMs), which can better accommodate a diversity of institutional arrangements, contextual power dynamics, and a multiplicity of environmental targets. In this paper, we first present a database of 146 environmental policy instruments (provided in the annexe) that we collected through a survey of the literature. Second, we develop an EPM framework based on a set of 14 criteria that we then test with a selected group of experts in the field, both academics and business practitioners, through structured interviews and card sorting. Following, we present an adjusted final version of the framework and conclude with two illustrative examples of how to apply it. The first one is a case study of the environmental trade-offs in a natural UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the other investigates how to align COVID-19 stimulus packages with the objectives of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. The decade ahead is going to be critical for reaching global environmental targets. The EPM framework can facilitate policy discussions and guide decision-makers in tackling the environmental policy challenges of the 2020s and beyond.
16 Peralta, A.; Scott, J. B. 2024. Does the national flood insurance program drive migration to higher risk areas? Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 11(2):287-318. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1086/726155]
Flooding ; Insurance ; Migration ; Risks ; Environmental policies ; Households ; Population growth ; Flood damage ; Communities ; Natural disasters
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H052540)
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Despite the large costs of covering flood losses, little is known about whether the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) affects households’ decisions to sort into more flood-prone locations. In this study, we leverage the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s lengthy, plausibly exogenous process of mapping risky communities as a necessary determinant of full entry into the NFIP, thereby granting eligibility to homeowners in these communities for highly subsidized flood insurance. We find that local NFIP availability had an overall positive effect on the population size of communities enrolling into the program and a significantly larger impact on the relatively more flood-prone locations—causing an additional 5% increase in population per one standard deviation increase in historical flood risk. Our findings highlight the potential for publicly subsidized flood insurance to contribute to flood damages by altering incentives to reside in risky areas.
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