Decision Making for Sustainable Development: How Assessment Can Help

Nick Bonovoisin ()
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Nick Bonovoisin: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

No 2009_6, UNECE Annual Report Economic Essays from UNECE

Abstract: Despite recent progress in developing a political consensus that policy changes are needed at both the domestic and international level to address climate change, the required political and public will is still insufficient to overcome a number of political barriers limiting progress.This essay discusses the importance of raising public awareness of environmental issues and the role that assessment processes can have in this regard. Awareness of the environmental dimension of economic activities can be increased in numerous ways such as through education and training, public-service campaigns, product labelling, product marketing, and consumer activism. This essay, however, focuses on the role of environmental assessments; they provide a more formal and scientific way for information to be incorporated into policy decisions and the planning process.

Keywords: Climate change; global warming; environmental assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q50 Q52 Q54 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 8 pages
Date: 2009-01
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