Activity 4.2 Environmental Policy Frameworks

 

Environmental Conflict Resolution: Framing and intractability (2003)	Context in Environmental conflicts: Where you stand depends on where you sit. (2003)	Environmental & Social Framework (2016)
Identity Frames illustrate the way in which people view themselves or the social groups to which they belong. “Who am I?”	Economic Environment Economic environment consists of levels of “success” such as inflation, interest rates and tax rates	Vision for Sustainable Development which sets out the Bank’s aspirations regarding environmental and social sustainability
Identity frames consists of three groups: Group Identification, Social/institutional roles & Place-Based Identities	Cultural Environment Consists of “predominant values, attitudes, beliefs, social customs, and socialization processes	Environmental and social standards set out the requirements for Borrowers relating to the identification and assessment of environmental and social risks with projects supported by the bank through investment financing. The bank processes these standards by focusing on the identification and management of environmental and social risks, hence this will support borrowers in their goal to reduce poverty.
Characterization frames describe how individuals view others	Demographic Environment Consists of “characteristics of the population like age, race, gender religion and ethnicity
Gain or loss frames refers to phrasing a statement that describes a choice or outcome in the event if its positive or negative	Technological Environment is characterized by “the general level of knowledge and capability of science, engineering, medicine, and other methods such as communication transportation, information processing.
Fact Frames demonstrate what is and what is not important to consider when evaluating information, data, or facts about a specific policy	Ecological Environment is composed of characterizes of the physical environment, including climate, geographical characteristics, pollution and natural resources
Conflict Management Frames Describes the alternative ways in which people think about and respond to a range of alternative conflicts

                                                                  

 

                                                                  Five Frames

• Identity Frames: Addresses the question, "Who am I"?
• Fact Finding frames: use and value of technical information is a major often disputed component of environmental conflicts 
• Social Control Frames: represents individual views about how decisions regarding social issues should be made 
• Power Frames: explore the ways that individuals can gain power or leverage over the other parties in the dispute. 
• Risk Frames: risks frames generally emerge from assessments of potential benefits and costs, gains or losses, or advantages and disadvantages associated with disputed environmental actions. 

    I decided to select what I feel is the most important frame to me which is the identity frame. Society needs to all be at one with themselves and understand who they really are and where they come from. Establishing identity will help a person identify there cultural, demographic and economic beliefs. This will help us understand exactly where we stand on environmental policies and issues facing economy.  For example, the younger generation may have a different perspective views on the world versus and 80 year old woman. This is because of policy change throughout the decades. 

    My second frame I selected was Fact finding frames is because I feel that this information is very vital to the economy because this is known factual information from sources vs just someone beliefs. This frame helps prove statistics and help improve our economy by providing this information. 

    My third frame I selected is social control frames because this is how us as human view our personal ideas and justify our ideas on social economy

    My fourth frame is power frames because power frames are used to persuade the other parties that the speaker has, or can use, power to gain advantage in dispute. 

    My last frame I selected was risk frames which are highly important because this helps with the process of disputed environmental actions.

References

Administrator (2016) Gain-loss framing - iresearchnet, Psychology. Available at: http://psychology.iresearchnet.com/social-psychology/social-cognition/gain-loss-framing/ (Accessed: April 26, 2023).

 

Ashley.faoliu@colorado.edu (2016) Fact frames, Beyond Intractability. Available at: https://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/fact-frames#:~:text=Just%20as%20a%20picture%20frame,particular%20dispute%20or%20policy%20alternative. (Accessed: April 26, 2023).

 

(no date) Understanding Environmental problems. Available at: http://www.intractableconflict.org/environmentalframing/framing_choices.shtml (Accessed: April 26, 2023).

 

Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) (no date) World Bank. Available at: https://www.worldbank.org/en/projects-operations/environmental-and-social-framework (Accessed: April 26, 2023).