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The global political ecology of the Clean Development Mechanism

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posted on 2023-06-08, 18:35 authored by Peter NewellPeter Newell, Adam Bumpus
This article explores the ways in which the "global" governance of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) intersects with the "local" politics of resource regimes that are enrolled in carbon markets through the production and trade in Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs). It shows how political structures and decision-making procedures set up at the international level to govern the acquisition of CERs through the Kyoto Protocol's CDM interact with and transform national and local level political ecologies in host countries where very different governance structures, political networks, and state-market relations operate. It draws on literature within political ecology and field work in Argentina and Honduras to illustrate and understand the politics of translation that occur when the social and environmental consequences of decisions made within global governance mechanisms, such as the CDM, are followed through to particular sites in the global political economy. It also shows how the outcomes in those sites in turn influence the global politics of the CDM.

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  • Published

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  • Published version

Journal

Global Environmental Politics

ISSN

1526-3800

Publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press

Issue

4

Volume

12

Page range

49-67

Department affiliated with

  • International Relations Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2014-10-01

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2014-10-01

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2014-10-01

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