Code: 4.1
Political agency
To navigate the political system, identify political responsibility and accountability for unsustainable behaviour, and demand effective policies for sustainability.
Descriptors
Knowledge
What you can do at this level
- K
Knows how political systems, including their components, should work for sustainability.
- K
Knows the relevant political stakeholders for sustainability in one’s own community.
- K
Knows how to engage with political and economic stakeholders to co-create sustainability policies with community representatives.
- K
Knows policies that assign responsibility for environmental damage (e.g. "polluter pays").
Skill
What you can do at this level
- S
Can analyse how power structures and political systems exert influence.
- S
Can engage in democratic decision making and civic activities for sustainable development.
- S
Can identify relevant social, political and economic stakeholders in one’s own community and region to address a sustainability problem.
- S
Can propose alternative pathways for sustainability.
Attitude
What you can do at this level
- A
Is committed to becoming an agent of change to achieve sustainability.
- A
Expects governments and public institutions to serve the common good.
- A
Demands political accountability for unsustainable behaviour.
- A
Is committed to questioning the effectiveness of policies for sustainability.
- Learning outcome types
- K — What you need to know: theoretical understanding and factual information.
- S — What you can do: practical and technical abilities.
- A — How you approach things: values, dispositions and behaviours.