Private Authority in Global Climate Governance : The Case of the Clean Development Mechanism
Hickmann, Thomas LU
(2013)
In Climate and Development
5(1).
p.46-54
- Abstract
- The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a prominent example of the mix of public and private authority in global climate policy-making. While national governments hold the supreme authority in the CDM, the oversight and daily supervision of the project-based mechanism have been delegated via an intergovernmental body to private corporations that evaluate the environmental performance of individual CDM projects. By focusing on the CDM as a particular instance of private authority in global climate governance, this article analyses the consequences associated with the delegation of authority to private actors. The article critically assesses the role of private auditing corporations, labelled Designated Operational Entities, in the... (More)
- The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a prominent example of the mix of public and private authority in global climate policy-making. While national governments hold the supreme authority in the CDM, the oversight and daily supervision of the project-based mechanism have been delegated via an intergovernmental body to private corporations that evaluate the environmental performance of individual CDM projects. By focusing on the CDM as a particular instance of private authority in global climate governance, this article analyses the consequences associated with the delegation of authority to private actors. The article critically assesses the role of private auditing corporations, labelled Designated Operational Entities, in the regulatory framework of the CDM and points to serious trade-offs which accompany the privatisation of authority. The article's findings suggest that the promise of innovative modes of governance to increase the effectiveness of international regulation is seriously compromised by the profit-seeking behaviour of private actors. Hence, the article underscores the need to reconsider the balance between public and private authority in global (climate) governance. (Less)
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- Hickmann, Thomas
LU
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- 2013
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- Contribution to journal
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- subject
- keywords
- Carbon markets, Clean Development Mechanismm, Climate Policy, Global climate governance, Post-2012 negotiations, Private authority
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- Climate and Development
- volume
- 5
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 9 pages
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
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- scopus:84880953147
- ISSN
- 1756-5529
- DOI
- 10.1080/17565529.2013.768174
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- English
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