Commoning the governance: a review of literature and the integration of power
This article addresses two specific gaps in the commoning literature: (1) to bridge disparate strands of literature on commoning by briefly reviewing each and arguing for integration through epistemic pluralism, and (2) to explicitly examine how power is manifest in commoning processes by bringing in a framework on power (i.e., power over, power with, power to, power within) to understand the links between power and commoning governance processes in two case studies. The two cases are tourism governance on Gili Trawangan, Indonesia and aquatic food production systems in Bulacan, Philippines. We preface this analysis with t...
Source: Sustainability Science - August 15, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: research
Climate risks and foreign direct investment in developing countries: the role of national governance
This study investigates to what extent climate risks can affect foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to developing countries and how their governments may respond to this effect. Using national level data between 2004 and 2018 for 108 countries, we estimate the impacts of two types of climate risks, namely physical risk measured by a vulnerability index and transition risk measured by carbon dioxide damage. The results show that both climate risks reduce FDI inflows during the sample period. We further find that better national governance can alleviate these negative impacts. These findings provide important implication...
Source: Sustainability Science - August 13, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: research
New intergenerational evidence on reverse socialization of environmental literacy
AbstractA large body of studies examine the role of parents in shaping children ’s environmental literacy and affinity towards sustainable development. Yet, the intergenerational influence that adolescents can have on adults in return is much less well understood. Utilizing a household reverse socialization framework, this study investigates how different types of parent–ch ild interaction may be channels for intergenerational transmission of pro-environmental content from children to their parents. The empirical analysis leverages representative child–parent matched samples from South Korea and Macau SAR, in the ...
Source: Sustainability Science - August 13, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: research
A system leverage points approach to governance for sustainable development
AbstractGovernments are inherently responsible for citizens' well-being. Given that achieving sustainable development ["Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs" —(WCED in Our common future, Oxford University Press, New York, 1987)] is core to the attainment and maintenance of citizens' well-being, and increasingly understood to require major transformations in integrated social, technological and ecological systems (Sachs et al. in The decade of action fo r the sustainable development goals: sustainable development report...
Source: Sustainability Science - August 11, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: research
Leveraging the potential of wild food for healthy, sustainable, and equitable local food systems: learning from a transformation lab in the Western Cape region
AbstractFood insecurity and diet-related diseases do not only have detrimental effects to human health, but are also underpinned by food systems that are environmentally unsustainable and culturally disconnected. Ensuring access to a healthy, affordable, and sustainable diet is one of the greatest challenges facing many low- and middle-income countries such as South Africa. These challenges in accessing a diverse diet often persist despite biocultural richness. For example, South Africa is globally recognised for its rich biodiversity, an ecologically unrivalled coastline, and a rich body of traditional knowledge amongst w...
Source: Sustainability Science - August 10, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: research
