SUMMARY OF THE INTERVIEW ANALYSIS Sample Clauses

SUMMARY OF THE INTERVIEW ANALYSIS. From the interview analysis, the following results have been found. Knowledge is a factor which all the interviewees value significantly. The use of knowledge in the EGA negotiations, as basis for policy and determining the classification of environmental goods emerges as highly important. The interviews reflects the diversity of how people interpret green economy, and reflect that green economy is not prioritized internationally or in Norway. The interviewees interpret GE the as a building block for the rest of the economy, where all actions have to be compatible to the condition of biodiversity and the ecosystems. Katerås requests macroeconomic targets for Norwegian policy, while Xxxxxx requests structural changes. The accounts given suggests that XXX member’s intentions for joining the initiative was national interests, the push to participate in sustainable policy initiatives, and to create a wider spread of the EG technologies. There is a lack of incentive for new members to join the EGA, as new members have little influence on the final EG list at this time. The motivations and goals of the EGA members vary, and some believe the initiative is aiming at contributing to the issue of climate change. However, there is an awareness that countries are also acting from domestic commercial interests. The initiative’s aim of including developing countries and development issues is difficult to achieve, and the EGA contains very few developing country members, even though it is seen as beneficial to DCs to participate. For something to be an EG it has to contribute in some way to improving the environment and be relatively better for the environment than other similar goods. The informants did not agree on whether process should influence the definition of an EG, and some thought the definition of EGs should be less broad. The EGA members do not seem to have a common understanding of EGs or what goods are acceptable to nominate. The EGA members are divided when considering the scope of the agreement related to members, goods and services. Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx find little or no connection between intentions and nominations regarding a relationship between EGA and initiatives such as the UNFCCC. Xxxxx states that the process of selecting goods is done on an intuitive, ‘yes or no’ basis. There is no explicit relationship between the EGA and the SDGs, but linkages can be found through the nomination categories and the climate effect of low-carbon goods being nominate...