The 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement: voluntary contributions towards thematic policy coherence

Janetschek, Hannah; Brandi, Clara; Dzebo, Adis; Hackmann, Bernd

doi:10.1080/14693062.2019.1677549

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“…Therefore, NEP 2005 and Provincial DRR plans of 2008 and of GB region need to be updated and revised. Janetschek et al ( 2020 ) suggested that active engagement of stakeholders is essential for effective PC for development and mutual benefits in national policies. This is currently missing in Pakistan (Ghani 2014 ; Husain 2013 ).…”

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Climate Change Policy Coherence across Policies, Plans, and Strategies in Pakistan—Implications for the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Plan

Waheed

Fischer

Khan

2021

Environmental Management

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Climate Change (CC) adaptation and mitigation policy coherence (PC) across sectors is essential to effectively address CC challenges and support synergies. Pakistan is highly vulnerable to CC. In this paper, the extent to which Pakistan’s national and provincial water, agriculture, and energy sector policies, development plans and strategies are aligned in a CC policy coherent manner is established. In this context, a qualitative content document analysis with associated scoring is used to assess government documents. Furthermore, implications of the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Initiative (CPEC; 2017–2030), the biggest infrastructure investment program ever in Pakistan, are discussed. An important result is that sectoral policies are found to have different degrees of PC. Better coherence is found at federal than at provincial levels. Furthermore, CC policies are found to be more coherently addressed in water and agriculture policies than in energy policies. It is suggested that to achieve higher levels of CC PC, federal and provincial governments should establish mechanisms of intergovernmental consultation for policy-making and cross-sectoral planning, especially in the energy sector. Our findings can help the Government of Pakistan to transform CPEC into a model green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the region. In this context, there are important implications with regards to e.g., reducing coal-based energy projects and environmentally damaging infrastructure activities in sensitive ecosystems. With this paper, the authors want to raise awareness of the key importance of CC PC, particular in context of the BRI. Many countries participating in the initiative have carbon reduction targets in place.

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Climate Change Policy Coherence across Policies, Plans, and Strategies in Pakistan—Implications for the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Plan

Waheed

Fischer

Khan

2021

Environmental Management

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“…There is a consequent demand for more elaborate tools and techniques for identifying linkages more precisely (Collste, Pedercini, & Cornell, 2017;Janetschek, Brandi, Dzebo, & Hackmann, 2020;Nilsson et al, 2018;Nilsson & Weitz, 2019). This work is, however, based on strong assumptions that trade-offs and their effects are calculable and logical (they can be identified and understood); obvious (a critical mass of decision-makers and their constituencies will agree on what they should be); and a-political (once identified, they can be implemented without using power to overcome opposition).…”

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“…This requires a profound understanding of the problem that needs to be solved, which enables the identification of the points of change that have to be addressed. While this may seem obvious to some, doing so is far from simple or easy, as indeed those calling for better understanding of the interactions between goals and policies have pointed out (Janetschek et al, 2020). At this stage especially (although this can happen at any other stage in the cycle), evidence may be gathered and/or selectively used to support choices made, a seemingly technocratic yet inherently political process that has been referred to as "policy-based evidence" (Strassheim & Kettunen, 2014).…”

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Promoting Policy Coherence within the 2030 Agenda Framework: Externalities, Trade-Offs and Politics

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Furness

Keijzer

2021

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The promotion of Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development is one of the 169 targets of the 2030 Agenda, and considered a key means of implementation. The 2030 Agenda, while noble and necessary to put humanity on a sustainable path, has vastly exacerbated the complexity and ambiguity of development policymaking. This article challenges two assumptions that are common in both policy discussions and associated scholarly debates: First, the technocratic belief that policy coherence is an authentically attainable objective; and second, whether efforts to improve the coherence within and across policies makes achieving the Sustainable Development Goals more likely. We unpack the conventional ‘win-win’ understanding of the policy coherence concept to illustrate that fundamentally incompatible political interests continue to shape global development, and that these cannot be managed away. We argue that heuristic, problem-driven frameworks are needed to promote coherence in settings where these fundamental inconsistencies are likely to persist. Instead of mapping synergies ex-ante, future research and policy debates should focus on navigating political trade-offs and hierarchies while confronting the longer-term goal conflicts that reproduce unsustainable policy choices.

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“…By functional interactions, we are referring to "inherent structural connections between policy domains that are largely independent of the rules and procedures of political institutions in the domain" (van Asselt et al 2005, p. 257). To date, scholars have mainly examined these interactions at the national level, focusing on the connections between state-led climate actions set out in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the UNFCCC and the SDGs (Brandi et al 2017b;Janetschek et al 2020;Northrop et al 2016).…”

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Two degrees and the SDGs: a network analysis of the interlinkages between transnational climate actions and the Sustainable Development Goals

2021

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Given the interconnectedness of climate change and sustainable development, policymakers and scholars have started to investigate how climate actions can contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and vice versa. To date, research has mainly focused on the national and international levels, while little is known about the interlinkages between climate actions and the SDGs at the transnational level. Not only nation states, but also non-state actors undertake ambitious actions designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to promote sustainable development. Using content analysis and network analysis techniques, we examine the interlinkages between the climate actions of 72 transnational initiatives and the 169 targets of the 17 SDGs. We find that actions of 71 initiatives contribute to achieving 16 SDGs, thus generating valuable co-benefits. Besides SDG 13 on climate action and SDG 17 on partnerships for the goals, transnational climate actions frequently address SDGs 9 on industry, innovation and infrastructure, SDG 7 on affordable and clean energy, and SDG 12 on responsible consumption and production. While SDG 3 on good health and well-being and SDG 4 on quality education are barely addressed, SDG 5 on gender equality is not at all covered by transnational climate actions. Additionally, the network reveals that SDG 9 is highly synergistic with many other frequently addressed SDGs and functions as an important connector between them. Finally, our results indicate that transnational initiatives fill a governance gap left by states with regards to SDG 12. Climate initiatives of non-state actors can thus complement state-led actions to implement the Paris Agreement and the SDGs jointly.

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The 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement: voluntary contributions towards thematic policy coherence

Cited by 48 publications

References 15 publications

Climate Change Policy Coherence across Policies, Plans, and Strategies in Pakistan—Implications for the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Plan

Climate Change Policy Coherence across Policies, Plans, and Strategies in Pakistan—Implications for the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor Plan

Promoting Policy Coherence within the 2030 Agenda Framework: Externalities, Trade-Offs and Politics

Two degrees and the SDGs: a network analysis of the interlinkages between transnational climate actions and the Sustainable Development Goals

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