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Area of Science:

  • Environmental governance
  • Science and policy studies
  • Environmental policy analysis

Background:

  • Significant gaps exist between public policy objectives and environmental outcomes.
  • Understanding the causes of delayed goal achievement in environmental governance is incomplete.
  • Existing research on environmental goal failures spans multiple disciplines.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel analytical framework for understanding delay mechanisms in science and policy.
  • To offer a complementary lens for describing, analyzing, and counteracting delays in environmental governance.
  • To address the incomplete knowledge regarding the causes of delayed goal achievement.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a new analytical framework based on case-study findings.
  • Integration of insights from recent research on goal failures in climate change, hazardous chemicals, biodiversity loss, and eutrophication policies.
  • Relating the framework to previous research on science-policy interactions.

Main Results:

  • The study identifies and exemplifies key delay mechanisms, specifically "denial of science" and "decision thresholds."
  • The proposed framework provides a structured approach to analyze delays in environmental governance.
  • Case study findings from diverse environmental policy areas inform the framework's development.

Conclusions:

  • The developed framework offers a valuable tool for analyzing and addressing delays in environmental governance.
  • Further research is needed to refine and expand the framework.
  • Increased attention to delay mechanisms is crucial for effective environmental policy review and development at all levels.