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Policies and Incentives – Natural Resources Available Today and in the Future: How to Perform Change Management for Achieving a Sustainable World

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A number of mega drivers in the global development - e.g. population increase, urbanisation, economic development and climate change - provides a world in need of resource efficient and low pollution solutions. In this Chapter, different policy iniatives are discussed, which can drive such a development. It concerns policies and governance of natural resources like food, energy and water, such as the nexus approach. Moreover, the complexity to govern resource systems on different scales are discussed as well as methodologies to value resources and to include such valuations in policymaking and strategic business decisions.

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  1. 1.

    Policies here defined as policy processes, goals and instruments in the public sphere. Governance is broadly defined as decision-making interactions and processes among a more diverse set of stakeholders.

  2. 2.

    For example, http://www.wavespartnership.org/.

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    http://unstats.un.org/unsd/envaccounting/seea.asp.

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Stigson, P., Dahlquist, E. (2017). Policies and Incentives – Natural Resources Available Today and in the Future: How to Perform Change Management for Achieving a Sustainable World. In: Dahlquist, E., Hellstrand, S. (eds) Natural Resources Available Today and in the Future. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54263-8_10

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