What drives policy change for REDD+? : A qualitative comparative analysis of the interplay between institutional and policy arena factors
| Autor: | Samuel Assembe-Mvondo, Melaku Bekele, Vanessa Benn, Maria Brockhaus, Mary Menton, Moira Moeliono, Almeida Sitoe, Kaisa Korhonen-Kurki, M.F. Gebara, Naya Sharma Paudel, Cynthia Maharani, Robert M. Ochieng, T.T. Pham, Jenniver Sehring, Guy Patrice Dkamela, F. Kengoum, Monica Di Gregorio, Andrea Babon, Hermann Kambire |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), International Forest Policy, Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Forest Economics, Business and Society, Department of Forest Sciences |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Policy change
Atmospheric Science 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences REDD media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) 010501 environmental sciences Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences climate change mitigation Scarcity Political science Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation National Policy 1172 Environmental sciences 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Global and Planetary Change QCA Public economics Qualitative comparative analysis 1. No poverty developing countries 15. Life on land Climate change mitigation Incentive Transformational leadership 13. Climate action DEFORESTATION |
| ISSN: | 1469-3062 |
| Popis: | Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) has emerged as a promising climate change mitigation mechanism in developing countries. In order to identify the enabling conditions for achieving progress in the implementation of an effective, efficient and equitable REDD+, this paper examines national policy settings in a comparative analysis across 13 countries with a focus on both institutional context and the actual setting of the policy arena. The evaluation of REDD+ revealed that countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America are showing some progress, but some face backlashes in realizing the necessary transformational change to tackle deforestation and forest degradation. A Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) undertaken as part of the research project showed two enabling institutional configurations facilitating progress: (1) the presence of already initiated policy change; and (2) scarcity of forest resources combined with an absence of any effective forestry framework and policies. When these were analysed alongside policy arena conditions, the paper finds that the presence of powerful transformational coalitions combined with strong ownership and leadership, and performance-based funding, can both work as a strong incentive for achieving REDD+ goals. Key policy insights The positive push of already existing policy change, or the negative stress of resource scarcity together with lack of effective policies, represents institutional conditions that can support REDD+ progress. Progress also requires the presence of powerful transformational coalitions and strong ownership and leadership. In the absence of these internal drivers, performance-based funding can work as a strong incentive. When comparing three assessments (2012, 2014, 2016) of REDD+ enabling conditions, some progress in establishing processes of change can be observed over time; however, the overall fluctuation in progress of most countries reveals the difficulty in changing the deforestation trajectory away from business as usual. |
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