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Suggestions
We would be pleased to receive suggestions of useful books, guides, manuals, etc. on individual or ranges of tools and tactics relevant to environmental integration/mainstreaming.
Please contact: UserGuide@iied.org
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Anglo American (2003) Socio-Economic Assessment Toolbox (SEAT)
SEAT was launched in 2003, providing a structured way to work engage with local communities to address concerns and improve local development impacts. The SEAT process has been used at more than 55 AA operations in 16 countries, and has led to support for a range of initiatives including education, training and local enterprise development. It has also improved management of social issues such as housing, transport, HIV/AIDS and recruitment.
Available at: http://www.angloamerican.co.uk/cr/socialresponsibilty/seat/
In 2007, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) published a report detailing findings of its independent third-party evaluation of SEAT. Main findings: (1) SEAT provides effective guidance for managing sustainable development in the mining industry; (2) Management responses align with sustainable development priorities; too early to properly gauge long-term benefits; (3) Implementation has positively impacted community perception.
Access the BSR evaluation at http://www.bsr.org/reports/SEAT_Public_Evaluation.pdf Read the case study on Anglo America's SEAT at http://www.wbcsd.org/includes/getTarget.asp?type=DocDet&id=MjEzMDQ |
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Assey P., Bass S., Cheche B., Howlett D., Jamiya G., Kikula I., Liwelile S., Manyama A., Mugurusi E., Muheto R. and Rutasitara L. (2007) Environment at the Heart of Tanzania’s Development: Lessons from Tanzania’s National Strategy for Growth and Reduction of Poverty (MKUKUTA), International Institute for Environment and Development, London
(available at; http://www.iied.org/pubs/search.php?w=&k=&t=&a=Assey&s=&g=&b=Submit)
(see: www.eldis.org/go/display/?id=31286&type=Document)
The paper discusses the ‘implementation gap’, which requires the environmental mainstreaming intentions of the MKUKUTA to be routinely reflected in budgeting, investment and governance reforms. This gap is looked at from a perspective of further work needing to be done that can be based on existing foundations which include:
- the environmental investment gap, reflecting the need to identify priorities amongst the MKUKATA’s many targets, to make up for severe under-investment in environmental assets for pro-poor growth and livelihoods;
- the environmental capacity gap, reflecting the need for information/monitoring systems and institutional development to enable environmental authorities and management bodies to meet new responsibilities for securing environmental services in support of development;
- a power shift towards localisation and environment-dependent stakeholders, reflecting the need for environmental governance reform that will enable poor people to have clearer environmental rights and responsibilities, access to resources and effective relationships, as well as tackling associated social exclusions.
The paper concludes by listing key lessons that stand out from the environmental mainstreaming initiatives which might have wider application. |
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Blackburn W.R. (2007) The Sustainability Handbook: The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic and Environmental Responsibility. Earthscan Publications, London
This handbook sets out the challenges, complexities and benefits of sustainability for businesses as well as governments and other organisations. A blueprint is provided for how organisations can reach or exceed economic, social and environmental excellence. The book includes a host of practical approaches and tools including a model sustainability policy for organisations, summaries of sustainability codes and tips on selecting them, an extensive collection of metrics and a wealth of supplementary reference material.
Available from Earthscan Publications: www.earthscan.co.uk |
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Dalal-Clayton D.B. and Sadler B. (2005): Strategic Environmental Assessment: A Sourcebook and Reference Guide to International Experience.
International Institute for Environment and Development, London, OECD and UNEP in association with Earthscan Publications.
(Downloadable chapter files available at: www.iied.org/Gov/spa/docs.html#sea)
See also: http://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php?o=12000IIED&n=1&l=46&d=SPA)
This unique sourcebook provides a global, state-of-the-art review of the rapidly evolving field of strategic environmental assessment (SEA). It describes trends in application and experience in different contexts world wide, providing in-depth coverage of the status of SEA systems and practice in developed, transitional and developing countries and by a range of development agencies. |
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Dalal-Clayton D.B. and Bass S. (2002): Sustainable Development Strategies: A Resource Book.
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, and United Nations Development Programme, New York. in association with Earthscan Publications, London.
Available in English, French and Spanish at www.nssd.net.
The Resource Book provides flexible, non-prescriptive guidance on how to develop, assess, and implement national development strategies. It sets out principles and ideas on both processes and methods, and suggests how these can be used. Based on an analysis of practice in both developed and developing countries, it promotes a multi-stakeholder, continuous improvement approach, rather than one of rigid master plans.
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Dale V.H. and English M.R. (eds) (1999) Tools for Environmental Decision Making, Springer Verlag, New York
Describes tools ranging from software to policy approaches, and from environmental databases to focus groups. |
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Emery, Alan (2000) Integrating Indigenous Knowledge in Project Planning and Implementation. A partnership publication of the International Labour Organisation, World Bank, Canadian International Development Agency and Kivu Nature Inc.
This handbook aims to assist governments, industry, NGOs and indigenous groups to work better with each other when traditional knowledge is central to the development objective. The guidelines are meant as a template from which various stakeholders can develop their own collaborative partnerships.
Available as a pdf download file at:
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/CIDAWEB/acdicida.nsf/En/8525711600526F0A852571190061B429?OpenDocument
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European Commission (2006) Environmental Integration Handbook for EC Development Cooperation.
Available in English, French and Spanish at http://www.environment-integration.org/EN/index.php)
This handbook defines an operational framework for integrating the environment into EC development cooperation. It has three parts covering: rationale and concept, programming, and aid delivery approaches.
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Kok M.T.J and de Connick H.C. (2007) Widening the Scope of Policies to Address Climate Change: Directions for Mainstreaming. Environmental Science & Policy, 10, 7-8, pp 587-599
(see: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VP6-4PS5KDB-1&_user=10&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=2&_fmt=summary&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(%23toc%236198%232007%23999899992%23672867%23FLA%23display%23Volume)&_cdi=6198&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=14&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=84927a41f9e85922a9a5f0ffe6595ea6
Both mitigation of and adaptation to climate change require actions to be taken in many sectors of society, but so far this is hardly happening. This paper suggests possibilities for widening climate change policy by strengthening inter-linkages between climate policies and various relevant policy areas to mainstream climate change concerns. It argues that, if these inter-linkages can be strengthened and policy coherence is improved, the effectiveness of climate policy can be enhanced while also supporting these other policy areas. The contention in this paper is that improved policy coherence and mainstreaming requires climate policies to go beyond the UNFCCC framework to realise its full potential and to better deal with possible trade-offs. The potential benefits in the policy domains of poverty reduction, rural development and agriculture, disaster management, energy security, air quality and trade, and finance are examined, and the institutional and organisations linkages highlighted. Finally, opportunities for mainstreaming are identified to make better use of possible synergies between climate and related policy areas |
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Meta Meta Management and Overseas Development Institute (2006) Ideas and Experiences in Mainstreaming Environment and Water. Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs / Development Cooperation, The Hague
This book brings together experiences from several sources and discusses different aspects in mainstreaming environment and water. It outlines why mainstreaming is required, discusses the integration of environment and water objectives into national policies and poverty reduction strategies and into other policy fields and sectors, deals with mainstreaming in budgets and implementation strategies, and considers mainstreaming in the context of working with the private sector and civil society. |
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Seymour F., Maurer C. and Quiroga R. (2005) Environmental Mainstreaming: Applications in the Context of Modernization of the State, Social Development, Competitiveness, and Regional Integration. Sustainable Development Department, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C.
The Inter-American Development Bank’s current work and mission is guided by the objectives stated in the Bank’s Institutional Strategy, which has two overarching objectives: reducing poverty and inequity, and fostering sustainable economic growth. To achieve these objectives, the Bank has articulated operational strategies to address four identified pillars for development in the region: modernization of the State, social development, competitiveness, and regional integration. In addition, the Bank has defined an environment strategy which seeks to mainstream environment across the four priority pillars. The provides a conceptual framework and practical orientation to mainstream environmental sustainability into those four pillars.
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UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Facility (2007) Guidance Note on Environmental Mainstreaming into National Development Planning
This booklet offers guidance for country officials and development practitioners for mainstreaming nvironment. It is part of the Facility’s knowledge management programme that supports the UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative (PEI). The guidance is designed for PEI country-level environmental mainstreaming programmes and for the effective integration of environment into the MDG Support Initiative. The document aims to:
- Share experience with governments and development partners, as well as the wider stakeholder community, on what is involved in launching and sustaining a country-level environmental mainstreaming programme;
- Highlight some general success factors and challenges based on current experience; and
- Explain the common steps in the process and outline the tasks typically involved and what tools might be applied.
The Guidance Note presents the programmatic approach of the PEI, explaining the three phases of environmental mainstreaming and offering practical advice for each phase. Indicators of successful environmental mainstreaming are also provided in the document to assist practitioners in monitoring their progress towards environmental mainstreaming. Available at: http://www.unpei.org/Meetings-Events/guidance-mainstreaming.asp |
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UNEP (2007 ) Dams and Development: Relevant Practices for Improved Decision Makin: A Compendium of Relevant Practices for Improved Decision Making on Dams and their Alternatives. United Nations Environment Programme
(see: http://www.unep.org/dams/files/Compendium/Compendium.pdf
This compendium deals with a set of priority key issues concerning the planning and management of dams. It contains information about the current state of the normative frameworks and implementation of these issues, illustrated by a number of selected case studies. It provides provides non-prescriptive practical tools and other relevant reference materials. |
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Vermeulen S (2005); Power Tools: Handbook to Tools and Resources for Policy Influence in Natural Resource Management.
International Institute for Environment and Development, London.
(See: http://www.policy-powertools.org/)
Covers 26 power tools providing a wide range of techniques, tactics and tips based on experience in natural resource management around the world. |
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