Addressing power imbalances in co-production

Vincent, Katharine; Carter, Suzanne; Steynor, Anna; Visman, Emma; Wågsæther, Katinka Lund

doi:10.1038/s41558-020-00910-w

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“…It also requires a careful consideration of power imbalances that might influence negotiations between countries and sectors (Bateman & Mace 2020 ; Vincent et al 2020 ). International and regulatory bodies for conflict resolution, such as the International Court of Justice, need to be bound by rules designated to mitigate these imbalances (action 43).…”

Section: Pathway Towards a More Sustainable Offshore Blue Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

Deep aspirations: towards a sustainable offshore Blue Economy

Novaglio

Bax

Boschetti

et al. 2021

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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The ocean economy is experiencing rapid growth that will provide benefits but will also pose environmental and social risks. With limited space and degraded resources in coastal areas, offshore waters will be a particular focus of Blue Economy expansion over the next decade. When emerging and established economic sectors expand in offshore waters (within national Exclusive Economic Zones), different potential Blue Economy opportunities and challenges will arise. Following a series of interdisciplinary workshops, we imagine two technically possible futures for the offshore Blue Economy and we identify the actions required to achieve the more sustainable outcome. Under a business as usual scenario the focus will remain on economic growth, the commodification of nature, the dominance of private over public and cultural interests, and prioritisation of the interests of current over future generations. A more sustainable scenario would meet multiple UN Sustainable Development Goals and ensure inclusive economic developments, environmental sustainability, and fair and equitable access to resources and technologies across users, nations, and generations. Challenges to this more sustainable future are a lack of infrastructure and technology to support emerging offshore sectors, limited understanding of environmental impacts, inequitable outcomes, and a lack of planning and governmental oversight. Addressing these challenges will require a shift in societal values, a more balanced allocation of funding to offshore activities, transparency in information sharing between industries and across nations, and adjustment of international legal and institutional mechanisms. The sustainable and equitable offshore Blue Economy we envisage is achievable and provides a unique opportunity to build global capacity and partnership.

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Section: Pathway Towards a More Sustainable Offshore Blue Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

Deep aspirations: towards a sustainable offshore Blue Economy

Novaglio

Bax

Boschetti

et al. 2021

Rev Fish Biol Fisheries

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“…For example, still in the context of climate change, Foden et al (2013) proposed four domains of ecological sensitivity (specialization, dependence on environmental triggers, dependence on interspecific interactions likely to be disrupted by stressor, and rarity), and Nicotra et al (2015) identified three key domains of species' ecological adaptive capacity (life-history traits, genetic variation and evolvability, and phenotypic plasticity). Importantly, the characterizations described above only reflect one facet of knowledge, namely scientific knowledge, which is typically decontextualized and may contrast with in situ, local, place-based values (Vincent et al 2020). Efforts to bridge scientific and local knowledge systems may help coconstruct domains that are meaningful for the affected stakeholders and remain scientifically robust and transferable to other contexts (Reed 2008, Sterling et al 2017.…”

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Harnessing the potential of vulnerability assessments for managing social-ecological systems

Thiault¹,

Jupiter²,

Johnson³

et al. 2021

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The concept of vulnerability has broadened from initial applications in the fields of risk and hazards, human ecology and resilience to include the management of social-ecological systems (SES). We review how this concept has been operationalized in various contexts and identify opportunities and challenges to apply vulnerability assessments to SES management in the face of social, environmental, and climatic changes. We synthesize these lessons into a 12-step framework to help practitioners scope, design, operationalize, and implement vulnerability assessments that can effectively minimize exposure, reduce sensitivity, and enhance adaptive capacity. We describe the rationale, assumptions, and implications that underlie each step and highlight future directions that are critically needed to further enable vulnerability assessments to address real-world sustainability challenges. These include applying biocultural approaches, building knowledge about SES vulnerability to nonclimate stressors, and anticipating potential trade-offs and maladaptation. The framework presented provides a roadmap for the development of integrated vulnerability assessments that are robust, context-specific, and relevant to the management of SES.

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“…7 For assembling these teams and their broader communities, and decide on just and equitable compositions and structures, a multiplicity of legitimate approaches can be followed. Recent advancements highlight the key role of knowledge co-production involving multiple groups of people with diverse needs and interests, to address the current planetary conditions that threaten social and ecological wellbeing ( Norström et al 2020 , Vincent et al 2020 ).…”

Section: Modulating Contingency Adaptive Inference and Blue Uncertaimentioning

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Blue uncertainty: Warding off systemic risks in the Anthropocene—Lessons from COVID-19

Méndez

2021

Earth System Governance

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COVID-19 has made evident the complex interdependence of social and ecological systems and that to reduce the risk of future zoonotic pandemics we must safeguard nature. Approaches based on complexity science taking into account that interdependence and its associated systemic risks must be mainstreamed in current policy making, in general. However, at present, that could result in failure for three main reasons: (1) those approaches might be too sophisticated for current policy making pursuing sustainable development; (2) the reductionist views from conventional economics still deeply influence economic and environmental policy making; (3) it is unlikely that far-reaching policies aimed at stimulating post-pandemic economic development can be steered through radically innovative approaches that remain untested. Here, using COVID-19 as an example, I suggest that the use of innovative complexity-based approaches could be enabled through intermediary approaches equipped to resonate with the mindset pervading current policy making.

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Addressing power imbalances in co-production

Cited by 63 publications

References 16 publications

Deep aspirations: towards a sustainable offshore Blue Economy

Deep aspirations: towards a sustainable offshore Blue Economy

Harnessing the potential of vulnerability assessments for managing social-ecological systems

Blue uncertainty: Warding off systemic risks in the Anthropocene—Lessons from COVID-19

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