Effects and success factors of sustainable consumption policy instruments: a comparative assessment across Europe

Wolff, Franziska; Schönherr, Norma; Heyen, Dirk Arne

doi:10.1080/1523908x.2016.1254035

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“…This behavioural turn in statutory and government-led regulation and the debates on it in the regulatory literature hold promise to inform and advance JEPP debates on behavioural science informed environmental policies, human behaviour and climate change, and biases in climate policy (e.g. Peters et al, 2017;Wolff et al, 2017).…”

Section: A Behavioural Turnmentioning

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Environmental regulation in the twenty-first century: a systematic review of (and critical research agenda for) JEPP scholarship

Heijden

2020

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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Statutory and other forms of government-led environmental regulation (further 'environmental regulation') have evolved considerably since the mid-twentieth century. However, JEPP scholarship has shown little engagement with these developments over the last two decades. This lack of attention is unwarranted because environmental regulation is still a dominant approach to achieving the goals of environmental policy and planning. This article seeks to map, explore and evaluate current JEPP engagement with environmental regulations; explore three of the major developments in statutory and other forms of government-led regulation over the last decades relevant to environmental policy and planning; and present an environmental regulation research agenda for future JEPP scholarship.

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Section: A Behavioural Turnmentioning

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Environmental regulation in the twenty-first century: a systematic review of (and critical research agenda for) JEPP scholarship

Heijden

2020

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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“…Kostka andMol 2013, Pomeranz andDecker 2018), coherent with other policy goals (e.g. Huttunen 2015), and based on ambitious goals (Wolff et al 2017). Other contributions aggregate various features to principles of good governance (e.g.…”

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Environmental policy, innovation and transformation: affirmative or disruptive?

Jacob

Ekins

2020

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning

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The paper firstly summarizes the approach and findings to evaluate the effectiveness of environmental policies around the globe as it was undertaken in the Sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6;2019). The data gathered in GEO-6 reveals (1) a high level of institutional innovation, increasingly from the global south, (2) a lack of environmental policy integration (3) spatial and temporal dynamics and (4) the importance of the policy design. Current environmental policies are, however, not sufficient to effectively preserve natural resources and limit emissions to a sustainable level. This has led to a general recognition of the need for a transformative change that goes beyond mere improvements of efficiency. The second part of the paper analyses how environmental policies could contribute in shaping such transformations to sustainability. Transformative policies can be built on social innovations and experimentation with institutional innovation. This is compatible with incremental and sectoral policy making. However, given the complexity and stability of social systems, the outcomes of such policies are uncertain. This is why we argue for strengthening conventional, strategic environmental policies and complementing rather than replacing them with transformative policies.

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“…In the Finnish context, Honkasalo (2011) has studied how the policy making targeting sustainable consumption and production has been initiated, and its impact on lifestyles, and highlight the crucial role of the spatial structure of communities in the context of sustainable consumption. Wolff et al (2017) have investigated sustainable food consumption from the perspective of public policy. Huan-Niemi et al (2020) examined the impacts of dietary changes to GHG emissions and policies how to guide the Finnish food system.…”

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“…Previous research has found that there are hardly any demand-side policies targeting the lowering of animal-based food consumption in general (Temme et al, 2020). In Finland, previous such policy instruments include obligatory vegetarian food options offered in public facilities as well as vegetarian days at schools and day-care centers (e.g., Wolff et al, 2017). There is thus clearly a need for more understanding on perceived impacts of policy instruments and options for citizens.…”

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Citizens Views on Policy Instruments for Sustainable Food Consumption From Spatial Perspective

Matschoss

2022

Front. Sustain.

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To mitigate climate change, large GHG emission reductions need to be made in several sectors of the consumer society. This calls for policy instruments that guide citizens in adapting their behavior. In Finland, a mid-range climate strategy is set for each governmental period to reach GHG emission reductions. For the renewal of the strategy, the Ministry of the Environment organized a citizen survey in 2021 to gain better understanding on how citizens perceive the impact of selected policy instruments and what kinds of actions citizens imagine taking to reduce their consumption. More than 18.000 citizens replied to the survey. This research analyses the perceptions of citizens in how different policy instruments related to food target respondents in different residential areas. The responses are examined for urban, peri-urban and rural areas to find out whether there are differences in how respondents in different spatial context perceive the impact of the policy instruments. The analysis reveals that there are small but statistically significant differences in results depending on the area of residence. People living in rural areas consider themselves to be more impacted by most policies than the urban residents. Responses to open-ended questions are analyzed to find out how people imagine how they could increase the share of plant-based food in their diets and reduce food loss and whether there is a difference in responses between urban and rural responses. Suggestions for future policy design for food consumption are made based on the findings.

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Effects and success factors of sustainable consumption policy instruments: a comparative assessment across Europe

Cited by 9 publications

References 36 publications

Environmental regulation in the twenty-first century: a systematic review of (and critical research agenda for) JEPP scholarship

Environmental regulation in the twenty-first century: a systematic review of (and critical research agenda for) JEPP scholarship

Environmental policy, innovation and transformation: affirmative or disruptive?

Citizens Views on Policy Instruments for Sustainable Food Consumption From Spatial Perspective

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