Rethinking political agency: The role of individuals’ engagement, perceptions and trust in transitioning to a low-carbon transport system

Wamsler, Christine; Mundaca, Luis; Osberg, Gustav

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132197

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“…As the main public sector partner on the island, the municipality should have the necessary power and influence to lead the island in phasing out SUP items, driving the island's transition toward sustainability. However, the lack of trust in public authorities in the Greek islands in effectively managing public affairs (e.g., waste management) and their capacity to lead the necessary changes creates a risk of low engagement of citizens (Wamsler et al, 2022). This translates to a low social acceptance of the transformative change in SUP uses proposed by the municipality.…”

Section: The Role Of Local Public Administrationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tackling Single-Use-Plastic in small touristic islands to reduce marine litter: co-identifying the best mix of policy interventions

Guittard,

Akinsete,

Demian

et al. 2023

Front. Environ. Econ.

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Marine litter is a worldwide issue affecting local communities with increasing environmental and economic impacts, with Single-Use-Plastic (SUP) pollution being of specific concern. The tourism industry has been identified as one of the major sector contributing to marine plastic pollution therefor in need to take urgent actions. Small islands are particularly vulnerable and need locally adapted strategies to effectively tackle this issue. This study proposes the use of a participative system-based approach to co-design, with local stakeholders, a roadmap tackling Single-Use-Plastic (SUP) in the hospitality industry of small Greek touristic islands. Policy, industry, civil society and academia representatives were involved in a participative co-creation process to co-identify the best mix of policy instruments and innovations (social and technological) adapted to the local island context, capable of reducing plastic consumption and littering in the island while fostering behavioural change (from consumers and local businesses perspective). Results show the lack of knowledge and awareness, the limited financial resources and expertise, and the low efficiency of the waste management system as the main challenges. A roadmap of short and mid-term actions, based on the Circular Economy reduce, reuse, recycle principles was co-developed, including raising awareness campaigns across stakeholder groups, positive economic incentives, development of capacity building and partnerships within the quadruple helix (academia, business, public authorities and civil society representatives), forming the basis of the municipal island free SUP strategy. The active involvement of public and private actors as well as the civil society, empowering local actors and developing trust across stakeholder groups are key factors to develop a successful strategy able to tackle plastic pollution locally. Pilot experiments also proved to be a determinant for the adoption of sustainable solutions in the context of small islands.

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Section: The Role Of Local Public Administrationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Tackling Single-Use-Plastic in small touristic islands to reduce marine litter: co-identifying the best mix of policy interventions

Guittard,

Akinsete,

Demian

et al. 2023

Front. Environ. Econ.

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The role of trust in the international climate negotiations

Schroeder,

Beyers,

Schäpke

et al. 2024

Env Pol Gov

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In this paper, we examine the role of trust in the international climate negotiations. We (1) identify forms of trust inferred from institutional designs, (2) analyse effects of institutional design on social and political trust and (3) describe the relationship between social and political trust in international climate change negotiations. We do this by combining document analysis, literature review and interviews. We find that the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement imply different forms of trust and thereby produce different levels of trust. Social trust is generally medium to high, political trust rather low. Our analysis illustrates tensions and contradictions between human agency and intention, on the one hand, and political agency and process, on the other. These tensions and contradictions are such that, although delegates at the international climate conferences do at least partly trust each other, they meet in an institutional context that is marked by lack of political trust. Moving forward, we discuss whether this lack of trust is well‐founded or not given the current institutional and organisational structures of the UNFCCC and its subsequent agreements and what it is highlighting in terms of specific flaws or omissions in the UNFCCC's design.

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Can low-carbon transportation construction improve urban green total factor productivity? A quasi-natural experiment based on 282 prefecture-level cities in China

Wang,

Zhang,

Gui

2024

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Rethinking political agency: The role of individuals’ engagement, perceptions and trust in transitioning to a low-carbon transport system

Cited by 6 publications

References 57 publications

Tackling Single-Use-Plastic in small touristic islands to reduce marine litter: co-identifying the best mix of policy interventions

Tackling Single-Use-Plastic in small touristic islands to reduce marine litter: co-identifying the best mix of policy interventions

The role of trust in the international climate negotiations

Can low-carbon transportation construction improve urban green total factor productivity? A quasi-natural experiment based on 282 prefecture-level cities in China

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