https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/17603 2026-04-29T12:36:26Z 2026-04-29T12:36:26Z Cent, Joanna Mertens, Cordula Niedzialkowski, Krzysztof https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/19517 2019-12-11T18:19:30Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A love match, a resource match, a good match? Cent, Joanna; Mertens, Cordula; Niedzialkowski, Krzysztof With their accession to the EU in 2004, Poland and Hungary had to implement the Natura 2000 programme for biodiversity protection. In both countries NGOs have been active throughout the implementation process. Forms and outcomes of NGO involvement, however, differed. Hungarian NGOs were very influential during the site designation phase, working closely with the governmental authorities and contributing considerably to the country’s site proposal. In Poland, the form of NGO’s involvement changed from opposition towards the government (publication of a Natura 2000 shadow list) to close cooperation with public institutions, resulting in a significant expansion of site designations. This paper analyses the role and impact of NGOs on Natura 2000 implementation in Poland and Hungary and seeks explanation for the observed differences with reference to the theoretical background of policy networks and advocacy coalitions. The qualitative data used for the study is based on in-depth interviews with NGOs representatives and officials of public institutions engaged in Natura 2000 implementation. The comparison shows that the existing architecture of the sector of biodiversity governance is decisive for NGO activities and determines their role and impact. In the European multilevel governance setting new formal and informal opportunities were given to NGOs. In both countries NGOs became stronger during the Natura 2000 process. We argue that this was a result of the establishment of multi-level policy networks between the European Commission, NGOs and public institutions, based on resource dependencies. These networks were powerful enough to overcome dominating policy patterns in both countries. The differences found between Hungary and Poland could be explained by different discoursive positions of the responsible ministries. The change of government in Poland in 2007 shifted the discourse towards supporting conservation, which enabled the formation of an advocacy coalition between the government and NGOs.

2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Andrade Correa, Fabiano de https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/19281 2019-12-11T18:19:28Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Balancing the EU Regulation on "CO2 emission standards for new passenger cars" Andrade Correa, Fabiano de

2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Rice, Martin Henderson-Sellers, Ann https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/18842 2019-12-11T18:19:26Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can earth system science be a valued element of fair and effective earth system governance? Rice, Martin; Henderson-Sellers, Ann The hypothesis examined here is that Earth system scientists have become less relevant, or even irrelevant, to Earth system governance. We explore whether this proposition is true and, if it is, why this situation has arisen. By undertaking a review of current national efforts (in the UK and Australia) and a novel proposal regarding the use of the IPCC as a global governance tool, we try to discover under what, if any, circumstances Earth system science is valued in the development of environmental governance. These discussions lead us to the conclusion that targeted Earth system research (e.g. risk and resilience of systems and quantification of benefits of system components) can be genuinely valuable for future environmental governance. We, therefore, invite consideration of how Earth system researchers might be (re-) integrated into global Earth system governance development to the benefit of all.

2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Almeida Martins, Rafael de Costa Ferreira, Leila da https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/19482 2019-12-11T18:19:29Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coastal cities and climate change Almeida Martins, Rafael de; Costa Ferreira, Leila da This paper examines how exposure to both socio-economic and environmental stressors and the interaction between the two affect the population of the Northern coast of the São Paulo State, Brazil. It provides a useful way to examine the multiple and overlapping processes of environmental and social- economic change. Pathways to increased vulnerability are multidimensional, so that socio-economic conditions may mediate the impacts of environmental change, but changing environmental conditions may also alter socio-economic capacities to maintain particular livelihood strategies. By analysing the region, this paper argues that the adaptive capacity is, in general, largely determined by the socio-economic context and the social vulnerability. The finding indicates that socio-economic change brought about in the last four decades due to intense urbanisation, tourism exploitation and increasingly economic activities have deepened social and environmental problems, increasing the vulnerability of particular groups to climate variability and change. The cross-scale nature of the problems and the cross-level interactions of these processes pose significant challenges for governance structures and institutions in place in the region that fail to address the root causes of vulnerability and the consequences of a changing environment and climate.

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