Dealing with cross-sectoral policy problems: An advocacy coalition approach to climate and water policy integration in Northeast Brazil

Milhorance, Carolina; Coq, Jean François Le; Sabourin, Éric

doi:10.1007/s11077-021-09422-6

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“…This confirms findings of previous studies. As Milhorance et al (2021) also demonstrate, policy design through open, participatory processes, which take the form of overarching plans, are factors that promote the reaching of negotiated agreements. This is reinforced when these processes are led by hierarchically higher institutions.…”

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“…The ACF has often been used to examine the governance of cross-sectoral conflicts and complex multidimensional policy problems, but more recently it has also been applied specifically to understand dynamics and drivers of policy integration (Howlett et al, 2017;Milhorance et al, 2021). In particular, the focus given by the ACF to policy actors and their dynamics, as well as to the incidence of external shocks and policy learning in policy change, provide elements to understand some dimensions of policy integration.…”

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Environmental policy integration in a newly established natural resource-based sector: the role of advocacy coalitions and contrasting conceptions of sustainability

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Contributing a new South American case study, this paper seeks to advance the research agenda on processes of policy integration by developing a better understanding of how nascent subsystems become integrated into mature ones and the role that changing beliefs of advocacy coalitions play in fostering policy integration. The paper examines environmental policy integration in Uruguay’s forestry sector since the 1990s and is based on an inductive qualitative analysis of policy documents, sector reports, parliament hearings and semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders. This demonstrates that environmental policy integration has increased continuously since the 1990s, accelerating particularly during the 2000s. We can derive three insights that specifically address this path of integration: a change in the policy beliefs of the dominant advocacy coalition, international salience of the minority coalition`s beliefs and participatory policy processes that foster interactions between opposing coalitions. Despite this, the two advocacy coalitions have crystallized with fundamentally different deep core beliefs about what a sustainable forestry sector should be. While one coalition argues that commercial tree plantations are sufficiently regulated in environmental terms, the other coalition maintains that the way that the pulp industry has developed in Uruguay is fundamentally unsustainable and therefore seeks to change the forestry sector as a whole.

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“…Economic and administrative constraints, such as a lack of resources for monitoring and ecosystem health. This, in turn, is part of a broader issue of cross-sectoral integration (Carvalho et al, 2019;Milhorance et al, 2021;Pittock et al, 2013) across the "climate-energy-land-water nexus" (Vinca et al, 2021).…”

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Warding off freshwater salinization: Do current criteria measure up?

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Kolada

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Salinization is a global threat to freshwater habitats that has been intensified by climate change. Monitoring, assessment and management of salinity is therefore essential. The first step is to set criteria that are sufficiently stringent to protect ecosystem health. However, many countries have not yet defined criteria, and there are substantial differences between criteria. This has been noted in the EU, where salinity is a required “supporting element” for ecological status in inland waters but also for implementation of UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicator 6.3.2. for “good ambient water quality” where different approaches and widely different threshold values were reported for salinity criteria. Much of this information has not been published and is difficult to access, hindering further efforts to address the problem. We first discuss the implications of salinization for freshwater ecological health. We go on to discuss the principles and guidelines on how salinity criteria to protect ecology should be established. Next, we review salinity criteria submitted as part of implementation of SDG indicator 6.3.2 and the EU Water Framework Directive. Finally, we discuss setting salinity thresholds in an already‐warming world and the challenges facing anyone trying to develop salinity criteria to protect freshwater ecosystems.This article is categorized under: Water and Life > Stresses and Pressures on Ecosystems Water and Life > Conservation, Management, and Awareness Science of Water > Water Quality

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“…Information on the threat levels to aquatic biodiversity in the Northeast Region is still scarce, mainly in interior areas with less water availability, however, where information is present, the levels are usually high (Figure 1D). The eutrophication of small dams and water holes and the increase in the intensity of drought events due to climate change result in critical levels of water security in the region, pushing for the integration of climate and water policy (Milhorance et al, 2021). The Southeast Region concentrates the largest part of the Brazilian population and important areas of agricultural and industrial production.…”

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Turning Water Abundance Into Sustainability in Brazil

Farjalla

Pires

Agostinho

et al. 2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Brazil is a powerhouse in terms of water resources, which are instrumental to the country’s transition to sustainability. However, to realize this potential, substantial management and conservation hurdles must first be overcome. We propose a novel strategy for the use, management, and conservation of Brazilian water resources. Our approach recognizes the spatial heterogeneity of water abundance and is based on a multisectoral perspective, including energy, food, sanitation, and environmental conservation. The main recommendations are to adopt low-cost local and subnational solutions and to design policy mixes, both based on the logic of the nexus water-food-energy-ecosystem. We offer as examples programs that 1) increase cistern infrastructure in drylands, 2) use constructed wetlands to improve sewage treatment in small cities and vulnerable areas, 3) turn the focus of conservation to aquatic ecosystems, 4) stimulate the adoption of small hydrokinetic turbines for energy generation in sparsely populated river-abundant regions, such as the Amazon Region, 5) diversify the matrix of renewable energy sources by combining hydropower with biomass and wind energy generation, and 6) mixes policies by integrating multiple sectors to improve regulation, use and management of water resources, such as the Brazilian “Water for All” Program. By following these recommendations, Brazil would align itself with the goals established in international agreements and would turn its abundance of water resources into development opportunities.

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Dealing with cross-sectoral policy problems: An advocacy coalition approach to climate and water policy integration in Northeast Brazil

Cited by 11 publications

References 44 publications

Environmental policy integration in a newly established natural resource-based sector: the role of advocacy coalitions and contrasting conceptions of sustainability

Environmental policy integration in a newly established natural resource-based sector: the role of advocacy coalitions and contrasting conceptions of sustainability

Warding off freshwater salinization: Do current criteria measure up?

Turning Water Abundance Into Sustainability in Brazil

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