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Journal of Political Ecology
Whether pursuing the breadth of the UN's Sustainable Development Goalsor delivering joined-up... more Whether pursuing the breadth of the UN's Sustainable Development Goalsor delivering joined-up approaches within a single environmental domain, it isincreasingly important to understand how policy objectives, policy design andpolicy implementation cohere vertically (within policy) and horizontally(between policies). However, policy coherence remains a challenge to implement.The limited empirical scholarship on policy coherence tends to focus on policydocumentation and/or the outcomes, with little attention to individual agencyor social processes involved. Therefore, our contribution considers theindividuals making policy coherence happen. Furthermore, there is littlediscussion of the normative dimensions of policy coherence making it ripe for apolitical ecology analysis. Empirical research conducted with thoseimplementing policy coherence within four UK catchment (watershed) partnershipsis considered from a critical interpretive policy analysis perspective toenrich the interface ...
Sustainability
The paper presents insights from carrying out a pan-EU sustainability assessment using Farm Accou... more The paper presents insights from carrying out a pan-EU sustainability assessment using Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) data (the old wine) with societal metabolism accounting (SMA) processes (the new bottles). The SMA was deployed as part of a transdisciplinary study with EU policy stakeholders of how EU policy may need to change to deliver sustainability commitments, particularly to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The paper outlines the concepts underlying SMA and its specific implementation using the FADN data. A key focus was on the interactions between crop and livestock systems and how this determines imported feedstuffs requirements, with environmental and other footprints beyond the EU. Examples of agricultural production systems performance are presented in terms of financial/efficiency, resource use (particularly the water footprint) and quantifies potential pressures on the environment. Benefits and limitations of the FADN dataset and the SMA outputs are discuss...
Journal of Political Ecology
Whether pursuing the breadth of the UN's Sustainable Development Goalsor delivering joined-up... more Whether pursuing the breadth of the UN's Sustainable Development Goalsor delivering joined-up approaches within a single environmental domain, it isincreasingly important to understand how policy objectives, policy design andpolicy implementation cohere vertically (within policy) and horizontally(between policies). However, policy coherence remains a challenge to implement.The limited empirical scholarship on policy coherence tends to focus on policydocumentation and/or the outcomes, with little attention to individual agencyor social processes involved. Therefore, our contribution considers theindividuals making policy coherence happen. Furthermore, there is littlediscussion of the normative dimensions of policy coherence making it ripe for apolitical ecology analysis. Empirical research conducted with thoseimplementing policy coherence within four UK catchment (watershed) partnershipsis considered from a critical interpretive policy analysis perspective toenrich the interface ...
Sustainability
The paper presents insights from carrying out a pan-EU sustainability assessment using Farm Accou... more The paper presents insights from carrying out a pan-EU sustainability assessment using Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) data (the old wine) with societal metabolism accounting (SMA) processes (the new bottles). The SMA was deployed as part of a transdisciplinary study with EU policy stakeholders of how EU policy may need to change to deliver sustainability commitments, particularly to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The paper outlines the concepts underlying SMA and its specific implementation using the FADN data. A key focus was on the interactions between crop and livestock systems and how this determines imported feedstuffs requirements, with environmental and other footprints beyond the EU. Examples of agricultural production systems performance are presented in terms of financial/efficiency, resource use (particularly the water footprint) and quantifies potential pressures on the environment. Benefits and limitations of the FADN dataset and the SMA outputs are discuss...