A1 Journal article (refereed)
Framing just transition : The case of sustainable food system transition in Finland (2024)

Huttunen, S., Tykkyläinen, R., Kaljonen, M., Kortetmäki, T., & Paloviita, A. (2024). Framing just transition : The case of sustainable food system transition in Finland. Environmental Policy and Governance, 34(5), 463-475. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.2096

The research was funded by Strategic Research Council at the Research Council of Finland.

JYU authors or editors

Tykkyläinen, Riina
Kortetmäki, Teea
Paloviita, Ari

Publication details

All authors or editors: Huttunen, Suvi; Tykkyläinen, Riina; Kaljonen, Minna; Kortetmäki, Teea; Paloviita, Ari

Journal or series: Environmental Policy and Governance

ISSN: 1756-932X

eISSN: 1756-9338

Publication year: 2024

Publication date: 21/01/2024

Volume: 34

Issue number: 5

Pages range: 463-475

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.2096

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/93105

Abstract

Justice in sustainability transitions requires states to design transition policies that ‘leave no-one behind’. Emphasising fairness, however, may entail slowing or scaling down the impetus of sustainability transition. To examine this risk empirically, we analysed how stakeholders frame justice in deliberating policy measures needed to support just transition in agricultural land use and dietary changes, the cornerstones of building healthier and climate friendlier food systems in Finland. The results show that justice frames focus on the potential impacts of transition, largely ignore global scale, and prioritise social justice claims at the cost of environmental ambition. To create just and environmentally effective policies, policymakers need to consider justice at the level of policy-mixes combining environmental and social policies. Furthermore, they need to acknowledge systemic injustices present in existing systems while striving towards just transition.

Keywords: environmental policy; food systems; frame analysis; sustainable development

Free keywords: environmental policy; food system; frame analysis; just transition; radical transformations; sustainability transitions

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