Johannes Svensson

Johannes is a technical manager in BC3’s research group on Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use, where he researches the national and international governance of land use transitions. His research is part of his doctoral studies that he pursues at BC3. Previously, he worked at IDDRI on desigining national long-term low-GHG development pathways for the land use sector with in-country researchers as part of the Deep Decarbonisation Pathways Initiative. He has a Msc in Economic Policy from SciencesPo, and previous experience of working with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) in Addis Abeba and Nairobi.

Title of the presentation: A framework to analyse national policy mixes for sustainable land use transitions

Abstract: Accelerating the implementation of climate change mitigation in the AFOLU (agriculture, forest and other land use) sector, alongside climate change adaptation, biodiversity conservation and food security, requires rapidly putting in place comprehensive and context-specific policy mixes. We propose a framework for assessing national policy packages supporting the transformation of AFOLU. The framework builds on a set of policy functions that were identified through a review of general and case-specific policy literature on AFOLU. To test the framework, including its applicability to different national contexts, the AFOLU policy mixes of five countries including Brazil, Colombia, Ghana Indonesia and Mexico, were analysed using the framework. We expect that this framework can be used to identify gaps in national policy packages for the transformation of AFOLU, and to identify needs for international cooperation and support for the effective implementation of the policies.