The governance of climate change: evaluating the governance quality and legitimacy of the United Nations' REDD-plus programme
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Article Title | The governance of climate change: evaluating the governance quality and legitimacy of the United Nations' REDD-plus programme |
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ERA Journal ID | 41741 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Cadman, Tim (Author) and Maraseni, Tek (Author) |
Journal Title | The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses |
Journal Citation | 2 (3), pp. 103-124 |
Number of Pages | 22 |
Year | 2011 |
Place of Publication | Melbourne, Australia |
ISSN | 1835-7156 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.Climate-Journal.com |
Abstract | This paper outlines the evolution of the concept of global environmental governance, and its expression within climate-change related problem-solving institutions. A number of institutions address climate change on a global level, with a variety of institutional structures and processes. This leads to difficulties for comparative analysis, particularly when it comes to assessing quality of governance. Governance performance is important, since it helps stakeholders determine whether a given institution is sufficiently legitimate to merit participation, or whether their efforts are better served in other forums. Using a set of principles, criteria and indicators of governance quality, the paper provides an analysis of the 'REDD-plus' process (United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries). It highlights REDD- plus' strengths and weaknesses and provides a rating of institutional legitimacy. It concludes with some observations on the challenges facing REDD-plus, and calls for the development of standards to ensure institutional quality-of-governance. |
Keywords | global environmental governance; climate change; REDD-plus; quality-of-governance; legitimacy |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 380105. Environment and resource economics |
440805. Environmental politics | |
500304. Environmental philosophy | |
Public Notes | © 2011 (individual papers), the author(s). |
Byline Affiliations | Australian Centre for Sustainable Business and Development |
Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q03yz/the-governance-of-climate-change-evaluating-the-governance-quality-and-legitimacy-of-the-united-nations-redd-plus-programme
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