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Governance for Sustainable Development: As if it Mattered?

Governance for Sustainable Development: As if it Mattered?. Dr. Ann Dale, Trudeau Fellow (2004) Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Community Development Royal Roads University www.crcresearch.org. How much has changed since 1987 and today with respect to how we govern in Canada?.

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Governance for Sustainable Development: As if it Mattered?

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  1. Governance for Sustainable Development: As if it Mattered? Dr. Ann Dale, Trudeau Fellow (2004) Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Community Development Royal Roads University www.crcresearch.org

  2. How much has changed since 1987 and today with respect to how we govern in Canada?

  3. Searching for Evidence • fundamental institutional reform • strategic policy analytical capacity • policy congruence and alignment • integrated decision-making • ecosystem management • political will and leadership

  4. HumanSystems Lack of Shared Meaning and Vision Population impact x Consumption Time

  5. HumanSystems Lack of Shared Meaning Population impact x Consumption Time

  6. HumanSystems Lack of Shared Meaning Population impact x Consumption Time

  7. Status Quo Adapted from Holling 1986 Renewal accessible carbon nutrients & energy Conservation fire k-strategy storm pest Stored Capital (Potential) Exploitation opportunist r-strategy pioneer Release dimax construction Connectedness

  8. Fundamental Institutional Reform • governments organized around issues rather than old problems of natural resources, defense, transportation • adaptive government structures depending upon the context • decisions bounded by eco-zones • crumbling silos and stovepipes

  9. Policy Congruence and Alignment • congruence within municipal, provincial and federal levels (sustainable infrastructure) • alignment between governments • complimentary legal framework

  10. Integrated Decision-Making • systems thinking • articulation of long term vision(s) and government-wide priorities • interdisciplinary and cross-departmental policy integration • feedback and adaptive learning capacity

  11. Political Will and Leadership • cabinet committee system issue-based organization • clear jurisdiction or co-operation between different levels of government, based on subsidiarity principle • place-based approach to policy-making • unprecedented political co-operation about climate mitigation and adaptation

  12. How well did we do post-Brundtland? (failed) (failed) (failed) (failed) (failed) • getting at the sources • dealing with the effects • assessing global risks • making informed choices • providing the legal means

  13. investing in our future (to be determined)

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