Code: 4.1
Political agency
To navigate the political system, identify political responsibility and accountability for unsustainable behaviour, and demand effective policies for sustainability.
Code: 4.1
To navigate the political system, identify political responsibility and accountability for unsustainable behaviour, and demand effective policies for sustainability.
Knows how political systems, including their components, should work for sustainability.
Knows the relevant political stakeholders for sustainability in one’s own community.
Knows how to engage with political and economic stakeholders to co-create sustainability policies with community representatives.
Knows policies that assign responsibility for environmental damage (e.g. "polluter pays").
Can analyse how power structures and political systems exert influence.
Can engage in democratic decision making and civic activities for sustainable development.
Can identify relevant social, political and economic stakeholders in one’s own community and region to address a sustainability problem.
Can propose alternative pathways for sustainability.
Is committed to becoming an agent of change to achieve sustainability.
Expects governments and public institutions to serve the common good.
Demands political accountability for unsustainable behaviour.
Is committed to questioning the effectiveness of policies for sustainability.