Scott Michel Moore
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Moore is a political and environmental scientist whose research tries to identify and overcome barriers to effective environmental policy implementation; particularly in the developing world. His current focus concerns inter-jurisdictional water resource disputes; particularly in China and South Asia. In addition to his academic work; Scott has worked on clean energy cooperation for the U.S. Department of Energy’s China Office; served as a member of a German Foreign Office task force on enhancing green job creation in the states and the European Union; and acted as a non-governmental delegate to several United Nations Climate Conventions. Scott holds an undergraduate degree from Princeton University and a Master of Science in Environmental Change and Management from Oxford University. Scott is a Truman; Fulbright; and Rhodes Scholar; and served as an International Affairs Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Contributions
Why China Needs New Institutions to Cope with Looming Water Scarcity
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Uses the example of inter-jurisdictional water resource disputes to argue that China lacks good institutional mechanisms to promote coordination and cooperation between provincial governments, and offer some suggestions for how better cooperation and coordination might help address problems like water scarcity and pollution.
Discusses China's South-North Water Transfer Project, a technocratic mega-project that imposes high social, economic, and environmental costs. Evaluates two current theories- Ecological Modernization and Authoritarian Environmentalism- against the SNWTP case. Argues that SNWTP illustrates the ability of governments to o-opt environmental politics to pursue other strategic objectives.
Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation
, Oxford University, 2013.Identifies several common barriers to effective water resource management across countries. These include inadequate incentives and institutions to encourage horizontal cooperation between local and regional governments and the disproportionate political influence of rural constituencies dependent on irrigated agriculture.