Architecture of the Kyoto Protocol and Prospects for Public Climate Policy

Options for government’s future climate policy are discussed as a function of the architecture of the present regime; the latter is anchored in the Kyoto Protocol, which is aimed at reducing the human impact on climate change. We describe the basic tenets of this agreement, and explain how it was realised despite the widely divergent interests. The strengths and weaknesses of the Kyoto regime, and related future opportunities and threats, are presented. The degrees of collective decision-making and international participation were the basis for exploring four scenarios (local market, local collectivity, global market, and global collectivity) and concomitant policy instruments and actors. The possibilities of enhancing participation by linking issues and creating bandwagons are discussed. We conclude that the main flaw of the Kyoto regime is its lack of appropriate incentives. To realise a more effective regime, future climate policy should be geared towards making participation more attractive and rendering compliance self-enforcing

Globalisation and National Environmental Policy

After outlining the scope, target audience, and structure of the book, we review the literature on globalisation and environmental policy, especially the impact of globalisation on the environment and changes in environmental governance in relation to increasingly global spheres of influence. This is followed by a succinct representation of the essential points of all contributions to this volume. While each chapter has its own distinct focus and perspective, common themes have been identified in major outcomes and future directions: the delicate and multifaceted relation between economic globalisation and environmental protection, changes in the prioritisation of environmental issues, shifts in governance mechanisms, dealing with reduced sovereignty, prospects for existing and new policy instruments, and finding a balance between globalisation and national environmental policy. These findings lead to conclusions with respect to the commensurability of different governance levels and the compatibility of different policy areas

Globalisation and National Environmental Policy: Update and Overview

SUMMARY After outlining recent developments and the scope, target audience, and structure of the book, we review the literature on globalisation and environmental policy, especially the impact of globalisation on the environment and changes in environmental governance in relation to increasingly global spheres of influence. This is followed by a succinct representation of the essential points of all contributions to this volume. While each chapter has its own distinct focus and perspective, we identify common themes in major outcomes and future directions: the delicate and multifaceted relation between economic globalisation and environmental protection, shifts in domestic environmental issues, evolving governance mechanisms, dealing with changed sovereignty, the promotion of self-enforcing mechanisms, prospects for existing and new policy instruments, and finding a new balance between globalisation and national environmental policy

Identifying rail asset maintenance processes: a human-centric and sensemaking approach

Efficient asset maintenance is key for delivering services such as transport. Current rail maintenance processes have been mostly reactive with a recent shift towards exploring proactive modes. The introduction of new ubiquitous technologies and advanced data analytics facilitates the embedding of a ‘predict-and-prevent’ approach to managing assets. Successful, user-centred integration of such technology is still, however, a sparsely understood area. This study reports results from a set of interviews, based on Critical Decision Method, with rail asset maintenance and management experts regarding current procedural aspects of asset management and maintenance. We analyse and present the results from a human-centric sensemaking timeline perspective. We found that within a complex sociotechnical environment such as rail transport, asset maintenance processes apply not just at local levels, but also to broader, strategic levels that involve different stakeholders and necessitate different levels of expertise. This is a particularly interesting aspect within maintenance that has not been discussed as of yet within a process-based and timeline-based models of asset maintenance. We argue that it is important to consider asset maintenance activities within both micro (local) and macro (broader) levels to ensure reliability and stability in transport services. We also propose that the traditionally distinct notions of individual, collaborative and artefact-based sensemaking are in fact all in evidence in this sensemaking context, and argue that a more holistic view of sensemaking is therefore appropriate by placing these results within an amended Recogntion Primed Decsion making model

Waarom Donut Economie meer debat oplevert dan de inspanningen van de VN

Sinds het uitkomen van het boek Doughnut Economics van Kate Raworth heeft de inhoud ervan in ruime kring furore gemaakt. Dat duurzaamheidsexperts voor haar ideeën warmlopen is niet zo verwonderlijk, maar dat zij het debat onder economen heeft weten te activeren mag als een grote verdienste worden gezien. Voor een belangrijk deel is het boek een herverpakking van het samenraapsel aan VN Millenium Development Goals in één samenhangende visie. Maar gaat deze herformulering werken? Bastiaan Zoeteman en Klaas van Egmond hebben hun twijfels

Waarom Donut Economie meer debat oplevert dan de inspanningen van de VN

Sinds het uitkomen van het boek Doughnut Economics van Kate Raworth heeft de inhoud ervan in ruime kring furore gemaakt. Dat duurzaamheidsexperts voor haar ideeën warmlopen is niet zo verwonderlijk, maar dat zij het debat onder economen heeft weten te activeren mag als een grote verdienste worden gezien. Voor een belangrijk deel is het boek een herverpakking van het samenraapsel aan VN Millenium Development Goals in één samenhangende visie. Maar gaat deze herformulering werken? Bastiaan Zoeteman en Klaas van Egmond hebben hun twijfels