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Sustaining the Commons - after classifying the rules, we now look at the types of rules. Seven broader types emerge - position, boundary, choice, aggregation, information, payoff and scope. They create positions, determine how actors are assigned or leave positions, assignment of actions to positions, links between actions and outcomes and so on. The verbs associated with the rule are: be, enter or leave, do, jointly affect, send or receive, pay or receive and occur. Control, costs/benefits and outcomes are the components of action situations. The Netherlands example of taxi medallions is a good case study: a lack of local boundaries on where they can operate led to serious and violent conflicts. Boundary rule changes led to higher prices and lower quality of service! Rule changes were needed to resolve the situation. #sustainability #sustainingthecommons #tragedyothecommons #climate #cliatechange #climateaction #climatesolutions #adaptation #decarbonise

Top five things to consider in the follow-up after the seminal KlimaSeniorinnen judgment from the European Court of Human Rights. And: My first blog post and my first LinkedIn post! Hello Internet, nice to meet you.

The Scottish Government will review a new law that effectively bans wood-burning stoves in new build homes. It came into effect on 1 April 2024 and was designed to help reduce air pollution and ensure that heat pumps and heat networks were preferred. The new rules have no impact on properties that already have the appliances but do apply to those looking to change the use of an existing property. Some exemptions include using the burner as an emergency heating system or for frost protection. Minister for Climate Action Gillian Martin said she would adapt the New Build Heat Standard regulations to suit the differing needs of urban and rural areas after rural groups called for a change. Details are yet to emerge on what changes will be made to address what Ms Martin called issues of inflexibility.

What David Boyd says about a human right to a healthy environment is applicable to our “Right to Clean and Healthy Waters” amendment. “Many efforts to achieve climate and environmental justice,” he states, “are David and Goliath struggles. The opponents of progress are powerful, wealthy elites with vested interests in prolonging the status quo because it benefits them immensely.” https://lnkd.in/esy5neBY, our supporting organizations, and every voter who has and who will sign our petition, are David. Powerful industries (more so than wealthy elites) and the pollution politics they impose upon our environmental regulatory system are Goliath. “The right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment,” Mr. Boyd continues, “could be a mere paper tiger, a set of inspiring words that are inscribed in resolutions and laws, yet rarely acted upon. But in most [nations], it should be a mighty lion with a resounding roar.” Once enshrined in our state constitution, that’s what our “Right to Clean and Healthy Waters” can be—a “mighty lion with a resounding roar.” Read more! https://lnkd.in/ewRXwuH8

Landmark judgment by the ECtHR on climate change! Failure by a State to provide, and effectively apply in practice, effective protection of individuals from the adverse effects of climate change through a satisfactory regulatory framework violates the right to private and family life, which is enshrined in art. 8 ot the Convention! It will be indeed very interesting to see how the CJEU and national courts will react, as well as the possible developments in their jurisprudence. The judgment can be found here:

Important article exposing the real politik of blue states- read on !

In today’s polarized climate, some argue that the Constitution is outdated or insufficient for modern challenges. This notion is not only wrong but dangerous. The Constitution doesn’t need rewriting or reinterpreting—it needs to be reread, respected, and followed. The Founders created the Constitution to protect individual liberty, limit government power, and safeguard against tyranny. These principles are as relevant today as ever. The problem isn’t the document itself; it’s our leaders’ failure to adhere to it. From bureaucratic overreach to judicial activism, ignoring the Constitution has eroded our freedoms. The Constitution isn’t a barrier to progress—it’s the foundation of it. It protects our God-given rights and provides a framework for addressing modern challenges without sacrificing liberty. True progress comes from honoring these enduring truths, not abandoning them for fleeting trends. Let us recommit to defending the Constitution—not as a relic of the past, but as the cornerstone of our future. It doesn’t need rewriting; it needs protecting. It doesn’t need reinterpreting; it needs respecting.

🧠 Knowledge is power.   Only by understanding #citizenwashing can we learn how to ensure participatory processes don't commit it!   Last month the EEB published a study of seven cases of public participation that risk being accused of citizenwashing. We hope it can help those organising participatory exercises to do so to the highest standard and those taking part to hold organisers to account.   Check out our new study on the "greenwashing of democracy" 🔗👇

"The constitutional rights of future generations had been violated." WOW. This was incredible news to read on how the Constitutional Court in South Korea ordered the nation's measures to be made stronger with firm carbon-reduction targets. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/gFxz4y3b #wasteindustry #wastemanagement #climate #news #zerowaste #circulareconomy #wastereduction #recycling

ECtHR rules that climate change claims are admissible in limited circumstances and that a State's failure to take effective action to combat climate change can amount to an infringement of Article 8 right to private life. Link to the judgment here https://lnkd.in/ewSVgcDq. Potentially huge implications for signatories to the Convention.