Reflecting on mainstreaming through environmental appraisal in times of financial crisis — From ‘greening’ to ‘pricing’?

Gazzola, Paola

doi:10.1016/j.eiar.2013.01.005

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“…Whilst tools such as Environmental Assessment 1 (EA) exist to mitigate the dominance of economic considerations and ensure that social and environmental considerations are duly considered in policy-, planning-and decision-making for sustainable development; According to Gazzola (2013), pressures to revitalise the economy during recent austerity may be impacting the purpose of EA and its role as an advocate tool for environmental protection.…”

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The effects of recent austerity on environmental protection decisions

Onyango

Gazzola

Wood

2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish the evidence for, the why and how recent austerity policy atmosphere associated with the UK government affected environmental protection decisions within planning in Scotland. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative analysis based on perspectives gathered via questionnaire survey targeted at stakeholders involved in planning in Scotland was undertaken. The questionnaire responses were analysed thematically, supplemented by using statistical tests of significance and variance to show how responses differed across participants. Findings The evidence showed that austerity policy atmosphere resulted in a pervasive neoliberal imperative of resuscitating the economy; whilst producing subtle and adverse effects on environmental decisions. This was best understood within a neo-Gramscian perspective of hegemony, borrowed from the field of political economy of states. Research limitations/implications The gathered views were constrained within unknown biases that the participants may have had; and because the case study approach was not equipped to generalise the results beyond the study, more research testing cause-effect between the austerity and selected environmental parameters is needed, from various contexts. Practical implications Decision-making frameworks should explicitly acknowledge the unique pressures during austerity periods; and contemplate resilient decision-making frameworks that can withstand the hegemonic tendencies which prioritise economic goals above environmental ones. Originality/value Whilst the area of austerity’s impacts on the environment remains poorly evidenced, empirically, this seminal paper uses robust analysis to establish how the austerity policy atmosphere affects environmental decisions. This is insight into what may be happening in other similar situations outside Scotland, raising concern as to whether and how we should approach the challenge of hegemonic ideas.

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Section: Austerity and Hegemonymentioning

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The effects of recent austerity on environmental protection decisions

Onyango

Gazzola

Wood

2019

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“…Thus, it covers: the presence of enabling factors (Dalal‐Clayton and Bass, ; Pasquini et al ., ), the way EM practices are driven by the perceived severity of the environmental policy challenge, the state's capacity to regulate and the existence of soft incentives (Sietz et al ., ; Brouwer et al ., ). In addition, other work has examined EM and the organizational configuration of government (Nunan et al ., ; Haywood et al ., ), as well as the way EM is influenced by the unique biogeographical characteristics of a given polity (Aongola, ; Pelser and Letsela, ; Gazzola, ).…”

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“…UN RES 66/288, 2012). Resurgent interest in EM has also been triggered by ‘the recent global financial crisis, [such that] mainstreaming is emerging as an instrument for rationalising finances and policies and for responding to the failure of sectoral approaches to trans‐sectoral and cross‐cutting issues’ (Gazzola, : 12).…”

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Civil Society Organizations’ Experiences of Participative Environmental Mainstreaming: A Political Systems Perspective of a Regional European Polity

Chaney

2016

Env Pol Gov

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This paper addresses a lacuna in the literature on environmental policy integration by exploring civil society organizations' (CSOs) experiences of participative environmental mainstreaming -a policy imperative to embed environmental concerns in all aspects of policy-making. A raft of international treaties and laws require this to be operationalized through knowledge exchange and critical engagement between governing elites and exogenous groups. Findings reveal how CSOs' participation is shaped by electoral politics, party dynamics, veto players and strategic bridging. Respondents also questioned whether mainstreaming is more concerned with legitimation, performativity and the appearance of participative policy-making than with outcomes. The wider contribution of the study is three-fold: it reveals the issues and challenges facing CSOs, it underlines the need for adaptive engagement strategies and it shows the contingent nature of state attempts to foster civil society participation in environmental policy-making.

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“…At its most basic, environment and climate mainstreaming can be described as the integration of environmental and climate change objectives into non-environmental sectors and the "greening" of public policies (Hamdouch and Depret 2010;UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative 2011;Nunan, Campbell, and Foster 2012;Gazzola 2013).…”

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Environment and climate mainstreaming: challenges and successes

Benson¹,

Forbes²,

Korkeakoski³

et al. 2014

Development in Practice

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This paper examines mainstreaming environment and climate change into development policy, planning, and budgeting. It looks at why we should integrate environment and climate and outlines challenges and successes. One result is that governments' progress pro-poor and equitable development. Governance gains are important too: co-benefits include more transparent decision making and better cross-government working. Ultimately, the impact of mainstreaming has increased awareness, changed perceptions, and improved the way inter-sectoral decisions are made, especially in climate adaptation. This supports countries to achieve their sustainable development ambitions -lessons which could be applied to a post-2015 development agenda.Cet article examine l'intégration de l'environnement et du changement climatique dans les politiques, la planification et la budgétisation du développement. Il se penche sur les raisons pour lesquelles nous devrions intégrer l'environnement et le climat et présente les défis et les réussites. Un résultat est le fait que les gouvernements font des progrès vers le développement pro-pauvres et équitable. Les gains sur le plan de la gouvernance sont aussi importants : parmi les co-bénéfices figurent une prise de décisions plus transparente et un travail plus efficace entre tous les niveaux du gouvernement. En fin de compte, l'impact de l'intégration a favorisé la sensibilisation, modifié les perceptions et amélioré la manière dont les décisions intersectorielles sont prises, en particulier pour ce qui est de l'adaptation au changement climatique. Cela aide les pays à concrétiser leurs ambitions de développement durable -enseignements qui pourraient être appliqués à un ordre du jour pour le développement post-2015.El presente ensayo examina la incorporación de los conceptos de medio ambiente y cambio climático en las políticas, la planeación y la financiación del desarrollo. Asimismo, analiza las razones por las cuales deben ser incorporados estos temas, señalando los retos enfrentados y los éxitos obtenidos. Resultan importantes los logros obtenidos por el gobierno, ya que los beneficios compartidos abarcan un proceso de toma de decisiones más transparente y una mejor coordinación entre dependencias gubernamentales. En última instancia, la incorporación de los temas mencionados ha elevado el grado de conciencia al respecto, ha modificado opiniones y ha mejorado la manera en que se toman decisiones a nivel intersectorial, particularmente en el ámbito de la adaptación al cambio climático. El proceso descrito podrá servir de apoyo para que los países logren sus planes orientados al desarrollo sostenible y, además, los aprendizajes obtenidos podrán ser integrados en una agenda de desarrollo pos-2015.

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Reflecting on mainstreaming through environmental appraisal in times of financial crisis — From ‘greening’ to ‘pricing’?

Cited by 8 publications

References 57 publications

The effects of recent austerity on environmental protection decisions

The effects of recent austerity on environmental protection decisions

Civil Society Organizations’ Experiences of Participative Environmental Mainstreaming: A Political Systems Perspective of a Regional European Polity

Environment and climate mainstreaming: challenges and successes

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