Summary: Global Environmental Policy Learning

Jänicke, Martin; Weidner, Helmut

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“…Concomitant with the global environmental change throughout the 20th century (McNeill, 2000;Simmons, 1996) are changes in society's response to emerging ecological threats. Two broad waves of institutionalization of environmental policies can be identified (Jänicke and Weidner, 1997;Weidner, 2002). The first occurred in the late 1960s to early 1970s, pioneered by frontrunners in the developed countries, such as the United States, Sweden, and Japan (Jänicke and Weidner, 1997;Kraft and Vig, 1994).…”

Section: Institutionalization Of Environmental Policy: Analytical Foumentioning

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“…Two broad waves of institutionalization of environmental policies can be identified (Jänicke and Weidner, 1997;Weidner, 2002). The first occurred in the late 1960s to early 1970s, pioneered by frontrunners in the developed countries, such as the United States, Sweden, and Japan (Jänicke and Weidner, 1997;Kraft and Vig, 1994). The second wave came in the aftermath of the Brundtland Report in 1987 and the Rio Conference in 1992, bringing in its wake the worldwide spread of new or revised institutional arrangements for effective environmental protection, with its new focus on the concept of sustainable development.…”

Section: Institutionalization Of Environmental Policy: Analytical Foumentioning

confidence: 99%

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Towards sustainable development? The evolution of environmental policy in Malaysia

Hezri¹,

Hasan²

2006

Natural Resources Forum

107

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Over the last five decades, Malaysia has undergone rapid economic, social and environmental change, a process which is still continuing. The pursuit of socio‐economic progress has been accompanied by an unprecedented rate of change in the natural environment. In parallel to this development, governmental responses have also adapted over time to address emerging environmental situations. This article views the recent history of Malaysia's evolving policy response to development needs and environmental change as consisting of four distinct stages. Despite an impressive array of policy statements and strategies to implement sustainable development, many challenges remain today. A clear articulation of normative principles of sustainable development is of paramount importance, as is the monumental task of policy implementation. The article argues that the trajectory of Malaysia's policy on natural resources and environmental issues bears the characteristics of path‐dependent evolution.

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Section: Institutionalization Of Environmental Policy: Analytical Foumentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Institutionalization Of Environmental Policy: Analytical Foumentioning

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Towards sustainable development? The evolution of environmental policy in Malaysia

Hezri¹,

Hasan²

2006

Natural Resources Forum

107

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“…In this respect, the Netherlands has clearly been setting the pace in global environmental policy learning [cf. Janicke and Weidner, 1997b]. The existing system of negotiated agreements with industry is impressive, even if (as recent evaluations show) the quality of the different agreements varies widely [Tweede Kamer, 1995].…”

Section: Environmental Policy As Strategic and Co-operative Planmentioning

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National environmental policy planning in OECD countries: Preliminary lessons from cross‐national comparisons

Jänicke

Jörgens

1998

Environmental Politics

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“…Furthermore, it identifies a wide range of conditions that correlate with relative success and are likely to promote it. Some writers have focused on a combination of structural capacities together with the strategies and skills of actors in using them; 7 others on macro-level socioeconomic structures and political institutions; 8 and yet others on imitation by other countries and diffusion through international institutions. 9 These explanations of cross-national differences provide a framework for addressing questions about what could be done to achieve better outcomes.…”

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Climate Policy Outcomes in Germany: Environmental Performance and Environmental Damage in Eleven Policy Areas

Karapin¹

2012

German Politics and Society

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Germany has reduced its emissions of greenhouse gases more than almost any other industrialized democracy and is exceeding its ambitious Kyoto commitment. Hence, it is commonly portrayed as a climate-policy success story, but the situation is actually much more complex. Generalizing Germany's per-capita emissions to all countries or its emissions reductions to all industrialized democracies would still very likely produce more than a twodegree rise in global temperature. Moreover, analyzing the German country-case into eleven subcases shows that it is a mixture of relative successes and failures. This analysis leads to three main conclusions. First, high relative performance and high environmental damage can coexist. Second, we should see national cases in a differentiated way and not only in terms of their aggregate performances. Third, researchers on climate policies should more often begin with outcomes, work backward to policies, and be prepared for some surprises. Ironically, the most effective government interventions may not be explicit climate policies, such as the economic transformation of eastern Germany. Moreover, the lack of policy-making in certain areas may undercut progress made elsewhere, including unregulated increases in car travel, road freight, and electricity consumption. Research on climate and environmental policies should focus on somewhat different areas of government intervention and ask different questions.

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Summary: Global Environmental Policy Learning

Cited by 20 publications

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Towards sustainable development? The evolution of environmental policy in Malaysia

Towards sustainable development? The evolution of environmental policy in Malaysia

National environmental policy planning in OECD countries: Preliminary lessons from cross‐national comparisons

Climate Policy Outcomes in Germany: Environmental Performance and Environmental Damage in Eleven Policy Areas

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