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Governance for sustainable development: moving from theory to practice
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In this article, the authors examine and elaborate on the central elements of sustainable development and governance, considering their interrelations as they have emerged from the core themes in sustainable development discourses over the past decade and a half.Abstract:
In this paper we examine and elaborate on the central elements of sustainable development and governance, considering their interrelations as they have emerged from the core themes in sustainable development discourses over the past decade and a half. We argue that sustainability is best viewed as a socially instituted process of adaptive change in which innovation is a necessary element. We discuss four key elements of governance for sustainability, which are integrated into the concept of transition management. The result is a conceptual framework for policy-making and action-taking aimed at progress towards sustainability.read more
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Key competencies in sustainability: a reference framework for academic program development
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a broad literature review of key competencies in sustainability research and problem-solving competence and address critical gaps in the conceptualization of sustainability in higher education.
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What about the politics? Sustainable development, transition management, and long term energy transitions
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the contribution that transition management can make to such processes, emphasize the irreducibly political character of governance for sustainable development, and suggest that the long-term transformation of energy systems will prove to be a messy, conflictual, and highly disjointed process.
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Transition management as a model for managing processes of co-evolution towards sustainable development
TL;DR: Transition management as mentioned in this paper is a multilevel model of governance which shapes processes of co-evolution using visions, transition experiments and cycles of learning and adaptation, which helps societies to transform themselves in a gradual, reflexive way through guided processes of variation and selection, the outcomes of which are stepping stones for further change.
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Exploring the origins of ‘social license to operate’ in the mining sector: Perspectives from governance and sustainability theories
Jason Prno,D. Scott Slocombe +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use governance and sustainability theories to conceptualize the origins of social license to operate (SLO) in the mining sector and describe some of the associated implications, but only a limited body of scholarship has developed around SLO.
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Governance Principles for Natural Resource Management
TL;DR: In this paper, a suite of governance principles for natural resource governance is presented, which, while developed in an Australian multilevel context, has general applicability and significance at local, subnational, and national scales.
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The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital
Robert Costanza,Rudolf de Groot,Stephen Farberk,Monica Grasso,Bruce Hannon,Karin E. Limburg,Shahid Naeem,José M. Paruelo,Robert Raskin,Paul Suttonkk,Marjan van den Belt +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors have estimated the current economic value of 17 ecosystem services for 16 biomes, based on published studies and a few original calculations, for the entire biosphere, the value (most of which is outside the market) is estimated to be in the range of US$16-54 trillion (10^(12)) per year, with an average of US $33 trillion per year.
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Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration processes: a multi-level perspective and a case-study
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors address the question of how technological transitions (TT) come about and identify particular patterns and mechanisms in transition processes, defined as major, long-term technological changes in the way societal functions are fulfilled.
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Blueprint for a green economy
TL;DR: The meaning of sustainable development is defined in this article as "the value of the environment" and "valuing the environment", and it is defined as "a way of thinking about the future rather than the past".
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More evolution than revolution: transition management in public policy
TL;DR: In this article, the authors use the example of a transition to a low emission energy supply in the Netherlands to argue that transition management provides a basis for coherence and consistency in public policy and can be the spur to sustainable development.