Cycles of hope

IF 1.8 4区社会学 Q3 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal Pub Date : 2022-02-09 DOI:10.1080/14615517.2022.2038533

M. Partidário

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Abstract

Thank you to Jiří Dusík and Alan Bond, authors of the paper, and also to Thomas Fischer and IAPA, for having invited my views and commentary to the paper on the taxonomy of sustainable investments. The paper brings a positive message, of hope for the future of environmental assessment (EA). Dusík and Bond strongly argue that the taxonomy of sustainable investments have ‘a power to significantly influence EIA and SEA systems globally’ and ‘the potential to radically change the environmental outcomes of decision-making’. The authors also argue that these new taxonomy frameworks are able ‘to deliver a change in mindsets’ concerning sustainable development expectations, associated with EA as policy tools, and ‘further strengthen the existing EA systems and allow them to better address environmental sustainability priorities of the 21st century’. I read the paper with great interest, and I agree there is a potential role for EA instruments in contributing to the enhancement of sustainable financing. Sustainable financing taxonomy appears to be a good idea. It seems a good trigger to raise the attention to the role that EA can play to improve the sustainability of projects. But that requires a change in EA dominant mindsets, from being seen by many developers has an instrument to avoid, to become a truly useful instrument to help build sound and sustainable development.

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希望的循环

感谢该论文的作者JiříDusík和Alan Bond，也感谢Thomas Fischer和IAPA邀请我对这篇关于可持续投资分类的论文发表看法和评论。本文对环境评价的未来提出了积极的希望。Dusík和Bond强烈认为，可持续投资的分类“有能力对全球环境影响评估和战略环境评价系统产生重大影响”，“有可能从根本上改变决策的环境结果”。作者还认为，这些新的分类框架能够“改变人们对可持续发展期望的看法”，并将EA作为政策工具，“进一步加强现有的EA系统，使其能够更好地解决21世纪的环境可持续性优先事项”。我饶有兴趣地阅读了这份文件，我同意EA工具在促进可持续融资方面发挥着潜在作用。可持续融资分类法似乎是个好主意。这似乎是一个很好的触发因素，可以提高人们对EA在提高项目可持续性方面可以发挥的作用的关注。但这需要改变EA主导的心态，从被许多开发者认为有一种工具可以避免，变成一种真正有用的工具，帮助建立健全和可持续的发展。

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Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-

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4.60

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22.70%

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期刊介绍： This is the international, peer-reviewed journal of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA). It covers environmental, social, health and other impact assessments, cost-benefit analysis, technology assessment, and other approaches to anticipating and managing impacts. It has readers in universities, government and public agencies, consultancies, NGOs and elsewhere in over 100 countries. It has editorials, main articles, book reviews, and a professional practice section.