In person icon Climate and Environmental Risk and Post-Exceptionalism in Policy Making

Abstract

The food sector is simultaneously a source of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental degradation, and a sector uniquely vulnerable to climate risks. Yet, agricultural policies are often resistant or slow to adopt sustainable practices. This tension is a product of post-exceptionalism, where both old and new ideas, institutions, interests, and policy instruments coexist. We invite paper submissions for this panel that conceptualize this partial process of transformation in order to better understand the politics of agricultural transitions. Contributions may explore topics such as regime change and governance roles in agri-food transitions, policy co-design, climate and environmental policy instruments, national responses to environmental crises, or the politicization and protest discourses on sustainable agriculture at both the national and EU levels. By engaging with these themes, the panel seeks to advance our understanding of how agricultural policies and systems evolve under the pressures of sustainability and climate challenges.

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