Understanding Carbon Offset Technologies

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12566027
AutoresHeather Lovell (0000-0003-1164-0356, University of Edinburgh, autor correspondente), Diana Liverman (0000-0002-3671-1491, University of Arizona)
Ano2010
Volume15
Fascículo2
Páginas255-273
Data de publicação2010-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoNew Political Economy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1356-3467 • E-ISSN: 1469-9923
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13563460903548699
OpenAlexW2167937660
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas64
Referências citadas27

In this article we unpack the ‘black box’ of carbon offsetting through a critical examination of the technologies and techniques that create carbon credits. Drawing on empirical research of compliance (Clean Development Mechanism) and voluntary carbon offset markets, we highlight the diversity of technologies, techniques and devices involved in carbon offsetting, ranging from refrigerant plants to systems of calculation and audit. We suggest that polarised debates for and against offsetting do not adequately reflect the considerable variations between types of offset project and governance practices in the compliance and voluntary offset markets. Using conceptual insights from governmentality theory and science and technology studies we assess the tensions in making standard, fungible carbon credits. In conclusion, we suggest attention to the technologies and materiality of carbon offsetting allows a fresh perspective on somewhat entrenched debates about the advantages and disadvantages of offsetting

Business · Carbon offset · Corporate governance · Economics · Environmental economics · Greenhouse gas · Industrial organization · Materiality (auditing · Innovation, Technology, and Society · Regulation and Compliance Studies · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance · Finance