
Mine Islar
Senior Lecturer, Docent, Director of PhD Studies

Transformative governance of biodiversity: insights for sustainable development : Transformative governance of biodiversity: insights for sustainable development
Author
Summary, in English
While there is much debate on transformative change among academics and policymakers, the discussion on how to govern such change is still in its infancy. This article argues that transformative governance is needed to enable the transformative change necessary for achieving global sustainability goals. Based on a literature review, the article unpacks this concept of transformative governance. It is: integrative, to ensure local solutions also have sustainable impacts elsewhere (across scales, places, issues and sectors); inclusive, to empower those whose interests are currently not being met and represent values embodying transformative change for sustainability; adaptive, enabling learning, experimentation, and reflexivity, to cope with the complexity of transformative change; and pluralist, recognizing different knowledge systems. We argue that only when these four governance approaches are: implemented in conjunction; operationalized in a specific manner; and focused on addressing the indirect drivers underlying sustainability issues, governance becomes transformative.
Department/s
- LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
Publishing year
2021-06-28
Language
English
Pages
20-28
Publication/Series
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Volume
53
Issue
21
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Environmental Sciences
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1877-3443