Projects Overview (Explanations)
Transformative Approaches Project (Explanations)
The following is the regulation cluster of the set of 450 issues derived from international declarations: Brundtland Report (Our Common Future), Agenda 21, and in sectoral declarations (see declaration checklist annex). The collection of the complete set of issues together is available in PDF form (Declaration Issues: Sorted by Code Combination) and highlights certain patterns.
The set of 6 clusters is:
[P=Population | W=Well-being | L=Learning | T=Trade | E=Environment | R=Regulation (below)]
Columns in the table, as for other clusters, are coded in relation to Figure 1a. The purpose of this coding was to explore configuration of the implicit strategic dilemmas as a global structure (see commentary) and presented as Figures 3a and 3b. The coding procedure is described elsewhere.
# | P | W | L | T | E | R | Issue name | Document | |
1 | R | REGULATION/INTERVENTION: | |||||||
3 | W | T | R | Redistribution of pattern of assets/consumption | BR | ||||
3 | P | T | R | Uneven development | BR | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Uneven distribution of power and influence | BR | ||||
3 | W | T | R | Uneven income distribution | BR | ||||
3 | P | T | R | Land reform/Landless households | BR | ||||
3 | T | E | R | Uneven energy consumption | BR | ||||
3 | T | E | R | Differences in environmental endowment | BR | ||||
3 | T | E | R | Appropriate/Inappropriate decision-making | BR | ||||
5 | P | L | T | E | R | Establishment of appropriate regulations and standards | BR | ||
3 | T | E | R | Integration of environment/development | BR | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Institutional fragmentation/rigidities | BR | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Sectoral fragmentation of responsibility | BR | ||||
3 | P | T | R | Asymmetry in bargaining power | BR | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Short-termism/Institutional myopia | BR | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Symptom-focused policies | BR | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Post-crisis and remedial policy-making | BR | ||||
3 | L | T | R | Risk management | BR | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Inadequate government foresight | BR | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Emergency unpreparedness | BR | ||||
3 | P | W | R | Drought unpreparedness | A21/12 | ||||
3 | P | W | R | Relief unpreparedness | A21/12 | ||||
3 | P | E | R | Risk reduction programmes | A21/19 | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Lack of accountability (cf multiple accountability) | |||||
3 | L | T | R | Incompetent management | BR | ||||
3 | P | T | R | Self-seeking national sovereignty | BR | ||||
3 | T | E | R | Acceleration of sustainable development | BR | ||||
3 | L | T | R | Negative attitude to dialogue on development | BR | ||||
3 | W | T | R | Austerity programmes | BR | ||||
3 | L | E | R | Review economic and administrative practices and laws | Doc27 | ||||
1 | R | Financial resources/mechanisms | BR | ||||||
3 | W | E | R | Environmental funding / resource taxes | BR | ||||
3 | T | E | R | Performance bonds / tradeable permits | Doc27 | ||||
3 | W | T | R | Unrealistic taxes on rural land | BR | ||||
3 | W | T | R | Net resource flows away from developing countries | BR | ||||
3 | W | T | R | Enhancing flow of resources to developing countries | BR | ||||
3 | W | T | R | Burden of debt / Debt forgiveness/rescheduling | BR | ||||
3 | T | E | R | "Nature for debt" swaps | Doc26 | ||||
3 | P | T | R | Inappropriate/unfair terms of aid transfer | Doc2 | ||||
3 | P | T | R | Stagnating flows of aid | BR | ||||
3 | P | T | R | Role of multilateral development banks and IMF | Doc24 | ||||
3 | P | T | R | Transfer from military budgets | Doc27 | ||||
3 | T | E | R | Use of non-renewable resources for foreign exchange | BR | ||||
3 | T | E | R | "Polluter/User Pays Principle" | Doc30 | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Institutional mechanisms | |||||
3 | T | E | R | Definition of national resource accounts | Doc2 | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Strengthening and harmonization of criteria and regulation | A21/20 | ||||
1 | R | International institutional mechanisms | A21/39 | ||||||
3 | P | L | R | High-level interagency coordination mechanism | A21/39 | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Organs, programmes, organizations of the UN system | A21/39 | ||||
3 | P | L | R | UN specialized agencies and related organizations | A21/39 | ||||
3 | P | E | R | Establish UN Commission on Sustainable Development | Doc26 | ||||
3 | P | E | R | Inadequate international environmental law / court of.. | Doc39 | ||||
3 | P | E | R | Limitations of treaty-making over "global commons" | Doc14 | ||||
3 | T | E | R | Implementation of existing agreements | A21/20 | ||||
3 | T | E | R | Ratify Convention on Law of the Sea | Doc27 | ||||
3 | L | E | R | Ratify World Heritage Convention | Doc37 | ||||
5 | P | W | T | E | R | Ratify conventions on nuclear accidents/toxic wastes | Doc27 | ||
5 | P | L | T | E | R | Hasten Global Convention on Climate Change | Doc22 | ||
3 | L | E | R | Role of IPCC, WCP, IGBP, WMO | Doc22 | ||||
3 | P | T | R | Review/renegotiate GATT | Doc26 | ||||
3 | T | E | R | Cooperation arrangements on forest resources | Doc19 | ||||
3 | T | E | R | Enlarge jurisdiction / management over oceans | Doc19 | ||||
1 | R | Regional and subregional organizations | A21/39 | ||||||
3 | P | L | R | Decline in multilateral cooperation | BR | ||||
1 | R | Transborder problems / Transboundary agreements | BR | ||||||
3 | T | E | R | Air pollution | BR | ||||
3 | P | L | R | National consensus for capacity building | A21/37 | ||||
3 | P | L | R | More use of regional agreements/protocols | Doc19 | ||||
3 | L | E | R | Complete proposed ECE Convention on EIA | Doc6 | ||||
3 | W | E | R | Conclude agreements on freshwaters, drainage basins | Doc27 | ||||
3 | P | W | R | Delivery of assistance at the regional level | A21/37 | ||||
3 | P | W | R | Full partnership with indigenous peoples | NGO26 | ||||
3 | P | W | R | Strenthen role of major groups | A2123 | ||||
1 | R | Local authorities | A21/28 | ||||||
1 | R | Inadequate government infrastructure | BR | ||||||
3 | P | L | R | Inadequate legislation | BR | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Enhance community consultation / participation | Doc27 | ||||
1 | R | Lack of financial base of local government | BR | ||||||
3 | P | E | R | Make environmental policy and local objectives | Doc37 | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Nongovernmental organizations | A21/27 | ||||
3 | P | E | R | "Partners for Sustainable Development" | A21/27 | ||||
3 | P | L | R | People's global agenda for action and feedback system | Doc35 | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Intersectoral linkage | Doc16 | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Organisational cooperation / networks | Doc2 | ||||
3 | W | L | R | Show alternative modes/models of working | Doc28 | ||||
3 | W | L | R | Strengthen self-assistance acitivities | Doc40 | ||||
3 | P | W | R | Representation of overlapping constituencies | Doc29 | ||||
3 | P | W | R | United but different / Diversity increases security | Doc29 | ||||
3 | P | W | R | Grassroots/citizen action | Doc14 | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Lobbying | Doc14 | ||||
3 | W | T | R | Consumer behaviour | Doc2 | ||||
3 | W | L | R | Community mobilisation | Doc30 | ||||
3 | L | E | R | Community management of local environmental affairs | Doc27 | ||||
5 | P | W | L | E | R | Ethical codes, rights and responsiblities | |||
3 | P | W | R | Human rights | Doc1 | ||||
3 | P | L | R | Respect for cultural and ethnic quality / language | Doc29 | ||||
3 | P | W | R | Rights of future generations | Doc35 | ||||
3 | P | W | R | Aboriginal rights to lands and resources | Doc27 | ||||
3 | P | W | R | Intergenerational equity | Doc4 | ||||
3 | P | W | R | Recognise children's rights | |||||
3 | P | W | R | Relative responsibility (based on wealth/capability...) | Doc20 | ||||
3 | P | E | R | Sharing equitably the "burden of adjustment" | Doc24 | ||||
3 | P | E | R | Responsibilities arising from environmental ethics | Doc4 | ||||
3 | P | E | R | Respect and care for the community of life | Doc27 | ||||
3 | W | E | R | Rights of species / equality of living things | Doc15 | ||||
3 | W | E | R | Earth stewardship | Doc4 | ||||
3 | P | E | R | Global responsibilities of sovereign nations | Doc16 | ||||
3 | P | E | R | Environmental rights, proposed Charter of.. | Doc30 | ||||
3 | P | E | R | Concept of environmental crime | Doc40 | ||||
3 | W | L | R | Reinforce values which support sustainable consumption | A21/5 | ||||
3 | W | L | R | Individual responsibility | Doc35 | ||||
3 | W | L | R | Personal growth / group transformation | Doc35 | ||||
3 | W | L | R | Creative social transformation | Doc35 | ||||
3 | W | L | R | Spiritual evolution / evolution of humanity | Doc37 | ||||
3 | W | L | R | Oneness with life/the divine/the universe | Doc15 |