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FRAMEWORK AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THE POLICY RESPONSE
2framework and Guiding Principles
for the Policy Response
“Success will require two major shifts in how we think - as policy makers, as
campaigners, as consumers, as producers, as a society.
The first is to think not in political or economic cycles; not just in terms
of years or even decade long programs and initiatives.
But to think in terms of epochs and eras...
And the second is to think anew about how we judge success as a society.
for 60 years we have measured our progress by economic gains
and social justice. Now we know that the progress and even the survival
of the only world we have depends on decisive action to protect that world”.
Chapter 2 calls for stronger public policy to tackle the
global biodiversity crisis. 2.1 outlines obstacles to policy
change linked to the lack of economic information
on ecosystem services and biodiversity. 2.2 shows
through concrete examples how and when economic
values can be incorporated into decision-making.
Gordon Brown, British PM (2009), speech on the “Roadmap to Copenhagen manifesto
on the challenge of climate change and development” (London, 26 June 2009)
2.3 sets out guiding principles for policy change,
paying particular attention to equitable distribution of
costs and benefits. 2.4 summarises the range of
instruments available to decision-makers, with
cross-references to relevant chapters of this TEEB
report.
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