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Sustainable Development Issues: Clustered by Principal Subject (Regulation)

Derived from international declarations:

Agenda 21 (1992), Brundtland Report and various NGO and government declarations (see checklist).

Columns coded in relation to Figure 1. In 6 parts:
[P=Population | W=Well-being | L=Learning | T=Trade | E=Environment (below)| R=Regulation ]

The purpose of this coding was to explore configuration of the implicit strategic dilemmas as a global structure (see commentary) and presented as Figures 3a and 3b. In 1999, further experiments, using virtual reality, are underway to configure such issues in three dimensions. The coding procedure is described elsewhere.
 

  P W L T E R   Issue name Document
1           R    REGULATION/INTERVENTION:  
3    W    T    R    Redistribution of pattern of assets/consumption  BR 
3  P      T    R    Uneven development  BR 
3  P    L      R    Uneven distribution of power and influence  BR 
3    W    T    R    Uneven income distribution  BR 
3  P      T    R    Land reform/Landless households BR 
3        T  E  R    Uneven energy consumption  BR 
3        T  E  R    Differences in environmental endowment  BR 
3        T  E  R    Appropriate/Inappropriate decision-making  BR 
5  P    L  T  E  R    Establishment of appropriate regulations and standards  BR 
3        T  E  R    Integration of environment/development  BR 
3  P    L      R    Institutional fragmentation/rigidities  BR 
3  P    L      R    Sectoral fragmentation of responsibility  BR 
3  P      T    R    Asymmetry in bargaining power  BR 
3  P    L      R    Short-termism/Institutional myopia  BR 
3  P    L      R    Symptom-focused policies  BR 
3  P    L      R    Post-crisis and remedial policy-making  BR 
3      L  T    R    Risk management  BR 
3  P    L      R    Inadequate government foresight  BR 
3  P    L      R    Emergency unpreparedness  BR 
3  P  W        R    Drought unpreparedness  A21/12 
3  P  W        R    Relief unpreparedness  A21/12 
3  P        E  R    Risk reduction programmes  A21/19 
3  P    L      R    Lack of accountability (cf multiple accountability)   
3      L  T    R    Incompetent management  BR 
3  P      T    R    Self-seeking national sovereignty  BR 
3        T  E  R    Acceleration of sustainable development BR 
3      L  T    R    Negative attitude to dialogue on development  BR 
3    W    T    R    Austerity programmes  BR 
3      L    E  R    Review economic and administrative practices and laws  Doc27 
1            R    Financial resources/mechanisms BR 
3    W      E  R    Environmental funding / resource taxes  BR 
3        T  E  R    Performance bonds / tradeable permits  Doc27 
3    W    T    R    Unrealistic taxes on rural land  BR 
3    W    T    R    Net resource flows away from developing countries  BR 
3    W    T    R    Enhancing flow of resources to developing countries  BR 
3    W    T    R    Burden of debt / Debt forgiveness/rescheduling  BR 
3        T  E  R    "Nature for debt" swaps  Doc26 
3  P      T    R    Inappropriate/unfair terms of aid transfer  Doc2 
3  P      T    R    Stagnating flows of aid  BR 
3  P      T    R    Role of multilateral development banks and IMF  Doc24 
3  P      T    R    Transfer from military budgets  Doc27 
3        T  E  R    Use of non-renewable resources for foreign exchange  BR 
3        T  E  R    "Polluter/User Pays Principle"  Doc30 
3  P    L      R    Institutional mechanisms   
3        T  E  R    Definition of national resource accounts  Doc2 
3  P    L      R    Strengthening and harmonization of criteria and regulation  A21/20 
1            R    International institutional mechanisms  A21/39
3  P    L      R    High-level interagency coordination mechanism  A21/39 
3  P    L      R    Organs, programmes, organizations of the UN system  A21/39 
3  P    L      R    UN specialized agencies and related organizations  A21/39 
3  P        E  R    Establish UN Commission on Sustainable Development  Doc26 
3  P        E  R    Inadequate international environmental law / court of..  Doc39 
3  P        E  R    Limitations of treaty-making over "global commons"  Doc14 
3        T  E  R    Implementation of existing agreements  A21/20 
3        T  E  R    Ratify Convention on Law of the Sea  Doc27 
3      L    E  R    Ratify World Heritage Convention  Doc37 
5  P  W    T  E  R    Ratify conventions on nuclear accidents/toxic wastes  Doc27 
5  P    L  T  E  R    Hasten Global Convention on Climate Change  Doc22 
3      L    E  R    Role of IPCC, WCP, IGBP, WMO  Doc22 
3  P      T    R    Review/renegotiate GATT  Doc26 
3        T  E  R    Cooperation arrangements on forest resources  Doc19 
3        T  E  R    Enlarge jurisdiction / management over oceans  Doc19 
1            R    Regional and subregional organizations A21/39 
3  P    L      R    Decline in multilateral cooperation  BR 
1            R    Transborder problems / Transboundary agreements  BR 
3        T  E  R    Air pollution  BR 
3  P    L      R    National consensus for capacity building  A21/37 
3  P    L      R    More use of regional agreements/protocols  Doc19 
3      L    E  R    Complete proposed ECE Convention on EIA  Doc6 
3    W      E  R    Conclude agreements on freshwaters, drainage basins  Doc27 
3  P  W        R    Delivery of assistance at the regional level  A21/37 
3  P  W        R    Full partnership with indigenous peoples  NGO26 
3  P  W        R    Strenthen role of major groups  A2123 
1            R    Local authorities A21/28 
1            R    Inadequate government infrastructure  BR 
3  P    L      R    Inadequate legislation  BR 
3  P    L      R    Enhance community consultation / participation  Doc27 
1            R    Lack of financial base of local government  BR 
3  P        E  R    Make environmental policy and local objectives  Doc37 
3  P    L      R    Nongovernmental organizations A21/27 
3  P        E  R    "Partners for Sustainable Development"  A21/27 
3  P    L      R    People's global agenda for action and feedback system  Doc35 
3  P    L      R    Intersectoral linkage  Doc16 
3  P    L      R    Organisational cooperation / networks  Doc2 
3    W  L      R    Show alternative modes/models of working  Doc28 
3    W  L      R    Strengthen self-assistance acitivities  Doc40 
3  P  W        R    Representation of overlapping constituencies  Doc29 
3  P  W        R    United but different / Diversity increases security  Doc29 
3  P  W        R    Grassroots/citizen action  Doc14 
3  P    L      R    Lobbying  Doc14 
3    W    T    R    Consumer behaviour  Doc2 
3    W  L      R    Community mobilisation  Doc30 
3      L    E  R    Community management of local environmental affairs  Doc27 
5  P  W  L    E  R    Ethical codes, rights and responsiblities   
3  P  W        R    Human rights  Doc1 
3  P    L      R    Respect for cultural and ethnic quality / language  Doc29 
3  P  W        R    Rights of future generations  Doc35 
3  P  W        R    Aboriginal rights to lands and resources  Doc27 
3  P  W        R    Intergenerational equity  Doc4 
3  P  W        R    Recognise children's rights   
3  P  W        R    Relative responsibility (based on wealth/capability...)  Doc20 
3  P        E  R    Sharing equitably the "burden of adjustment"  Doc24 
3  P        E  R    Responsibilities arising from environmental ethics  Doc4 
3  P        E  R    Respect and care for the community of life  Doc27 
3    W      E  R    Rights of species / equality of living things  Doc15 
3    W      E  R    Earth stewardship  Doc4 
3  P        E  R    Global responsibilities of sovereign nations  Doc16 
3  P        E  R    Environmental rights, proposed Charter of..  Doc30 
3  P        E  R    Concept of environmental crime  Doc40 
3    W  L      R    Reinforce values which support sustainable consumption  A21/5 
3    W  L      R    Individual responsibility  Doc35 
3    W  L      R    Personal growth / group transformation  Doc35 
3    W  L      R    Creative social transformation  Doc35 
3    W  L      R    Spiritual evolution / evolution of humanity  Doc37 
3    W  L      R    Oneness with life/the divine/the universe  Doc15