On 21st April 2015 we published a guest article at IISD in which we argue that for universal goals differentiated implementation approaches are needed at national or other levels, as any one governance style falls short, and that there is some convergence towards a more comprehensive approach which is called ‘metagovernance’. To support this insight, we propose the new principle of Common But Differentiated Governance (CBDG). A full Journal article was published as Open Access in ‘Sustainability’.
Checking the consistency of EU legislation with the Climate Law and the do-no-significant-harm principle
Nov 2023 - A report PS4SD made for WFF Europe on the implementation of the 2021 revision of the European Commission's Impact Assessment (IA) guidelines and tools shows some reason for concern. Based...