TY  - INPR
A1  - Sprinz, Detlef F.
T1  - Long-Term environmental policy challenges for research
T2  - The journal of environment & development : a review of international policy
N2  - 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.
KW  - anniversary issue
KW  - long-term policy
KW  - definition
KW  - design options
KW  - environmental policy
Y1  - 2012
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/36097
SN  - 1070-4965
VL  - 21
IS  - 1
SP  - 67
EP  - 70
PB  - Sage Publ.
CY  - Thousand Oaks
ER  -