"Are we nearly there yet?" Lessons for integrated sustainability assessment from EU environmental policy-making

Turnpenny, J (2008) "Are we nearly there yet?" Lessons for integrated sustainability assessment from EU environmental policy-making. International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development, 3 (1/2). pp. 33-47. ISSN 1740-8822

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Abstract

Increased interest in sustainable development, and in policy assessment as a means to achieve that, have yielded little evidence of sustainable development principles in policy assessment. This paper presents a study at a more strategic level of policy-making: the European Union (EU)’s environmental Thematic Strategies (TSs). Elements of Integrated Sustainability Assessment (ISA), such as consultation, were often strong, and quantitative analysis was integrated into policy development. But the primary aim of EU policy of pursuing economic growth and de-regulation limits the scope and effectiveness of sustainability assessment. This paper concludes by drawing on literature on evidence in policy-making to suggest lessons for ISA.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/decent_work_and_economic_growth
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Policy & Politics Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy
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Date Deposited:	26 Sep 2011 11:46
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2023 00:50
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/34878
DOI:	10.1504/IJISD.2008.018271

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