Long-term environmental policy
- Long-term policy issues are a particularly vexing class of environmental policy issues which merit increasing attention due to the long-time horizons involved, the incongruity with political cycles, and the challenges for collective action. Following the definition of long-term environmental policy challenges, I pose three questions as challenges for future research, namely 1. Are present democracies well suited to cope with long-term policy challenges? 2. Are top-down or bottom-up solutions to long-term environmental policy challenges advisable? 3. Will mitigation and adaptation of environmental challenges suffice? In concluding, the contribution raises the issue of credible commitment for long-term policy issues and potential design options.
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| Author details: | Detlef F. SprinzORCiDGND |
|---|---|
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-403193 |
| Subtitle (English): | challenges for research |
| Publication series (Volume number): | Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Reihe (81) |
| Publication type: | Postprint |
| Language: | English |
| Date of first publication: | 2017/12/11 |
| Publication year: | 2017 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2017/12/11 |
| Tag: | anniversary issue; definition; design options; environmental policy; long-term policy |
| Number of pages: | 4 |
| Source: | The journal of environment & development 21 (2012) Nr. 1, S. 67–70. - DOI: 10.1177/1070496511435667 |
| Organizational units: | Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät |
| DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 32 Politikwissenschaft / 320 Politikwissenschaft |
| Peer review: | Referiert |
| Publishing method: | Open Access |
| Grantor: | Sage |
| License (German): |  Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
