| Thesis
Title
Adaptive
Governance and Knowledge Strategies for Operationalising
Sustainable Development.
Research aims
The research seeks to investigate the range of proven
and emerging mechanisms and methodologies for Adaptive
Governance and Knowledge Strategies for Operationalising
Sustainable Development. The research will focus on
the research and development of industry policy mechanisms
to achieve a decoupling of economic growth from environmental
pressures.
Thesis Questions
What purposeful policy settings are needed to achieve
decoupling of economic growth from environmental pressures?
1. Is the environmental Kruznet’s curve hypothesis
(EKC) correct?
2. What is the right policy mix to drive the decoupling
process?
3. What are the most effective policies to internalize
externalities without harming business competitiveness?
- Product Responsibility legislation,
- Cap and Trade Mechanisms,
- Feebates, rebates, grants,
Looking at leading case studies such as;
- Germany’s Best Available Technology
Regulation,
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Toxic Use
Reduction Act,
- Oregon and California’s Energy Regulation.
4. What are the most effective policies and reforms
to encourage investment in sustainable development?
5. What are the most effective institutional arrangements
to achieve sustainable development?
6. What educational reforms are needed?
7. What indicators should be used to measure the process
of decoupling economic growth from environmental pressures?
8. What are the leading efforts globally to measure
well being and sustainable development?
Possible Outcomes
The possible outcomes of the research as follows;
- A number of papers and articles covering the main
areas of research as indicated above.
- Development of material suitable for inclusion
in to a policy development handbook for policy makers
working in the area of sustainable technology policy.
- Contribution of chapters to the publication, ‘Our
Common Future – A 20 Year Response’
currently under development by myself and my research
partner Michael Smith (co-editors and co-authors
of the book ‘The Natural Advantage of Nations.)
- Contribution of chapters to the publication, ‘The
Natural Advantage of Nations (Vol II): Exceeding
the Millennium Goals through Sustainable Development’
to be developed in 2007-087 by myself and my research
partner Michael Smith (co-editors and co-authors
of the book ‘The Natural Advantage of Nations.)
along with our team mates at The Natural Edge Project,
Cheryl Paten and Nick Palousis.
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