The Global South in Environmental Negotiations: the politics of coalitions in<scp>redd</scp>+

Allan, Jen Iris; Dauvergne, Peter

doi:10.1080/01436597.2013.831536

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“…This storyline perceives REDD+ as a North-South divider [60,61] and a new form of colonization [62]. It criticizes REDD+ as a cost-effective measure for the Global North in transferring the burden for carbon emission reduction to the Global South.…”

Section: Carbon Surrogacymentioning

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Framing REDD+ at National Level: Actors and Discourse around Nepal’s Policy Debate

Bastakoti

Davidsen

2017

Forests

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Forests and carbon sequestration have become fundamental themes in climate change mitigation. The idea of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) has generated significant interest in forest governance from United Nations (UN) climate strategies over the past decade. REDD+ was initially hailed as a smart and cost-effective way to mitigate climate change. As it is rolling out, ambiguities and controversies are increasingly surfacing to the stakeholders at different levels. Examining the forest governance of Nepal in detail, this research examines how relationships between national and local forest actors have changed, and how REDD+ discourses have evolved among them at the interface between global interests in carbon commodification on one hand, and local realities of community forestry on the other hand. To better understand these competing positions, the study uses a post-structural political ecology perspective with elements of discourse analysis. Using data from interviews with policy actors and members of three local community forest user groups, focus group discussions, policy event observations, and document reviews, this paper highlights how global forest carbon commodification has been affecting community forestry governance. It also illustrates different storylines that actors employ to influence policy discourse and REDD+ debates, indicating a considerable range of problem definitions and policy solutions of climate change among the actors. The analysis highlights the connection between power relationships and the evolution of discourses surrounding REDD+, and how an external discourse can reinforce or challenge local governance and the centralization of forest authority. As such, the research also offers a new application of discursive storylines to climate change discourse analysis across national and local scales. The findings emphasize the importance of a more open and transparent dialogue across Nepal's forest governance and management levels to ensure actual benefits for healthy forests, strong communities, and effective climate change mitigation. Nepal's findings also suggest highly relevant lessons to other developing countries with significant community forest governance, and a strong planned focus on REDD+.

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Section: Carbon Surrogacymentioning

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Framing REDD+ at National Level: Actors and Discourse around Nepal’s Policy Debate

Bastakoti

Davidsen

2017

Forests

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“…So they had to use 2 more hours sorting the messy document back out (I17). REDD+ negotiations have been described by many interviewees as unique because (1) within REDD+, the forestry sector has an own negotiations stream (unlike transport/energy), (2) there are no formal alliances which characterize the negotiations in other UNFCCC negotiations, and (3) there is quite a high level of participation from both developed and developing countries (I8; Allan and Dauvergne, 2013). Several interviewees also commented on the wellmannered, informal and generally collegiate interactions between delegates to REDD negotiations (I17; I18; I23), even with progress being slow, disappointingly slow or 'brutally slow' (I6; I7; I20).…”

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Locating international REDD+ power relations: Debating forests and trees in international climate negotiations

Rowe

2015

Geoforum

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“…48 On aid there has been a shift from the traditional aid principles of the West towards a new set of principles, usually known as the Busan principles after a meeting held in that South Korean city in 2011. These new principles draw directly on the recent experiences of Third World success stories: spend on infrastructure and education, in order to boost growth, not on poverty alleviation or food aid; put central governments and the private sector, not NGOs, at the centre of aid delivery; allow host-nations to 'own' foreign assistance programmes rather than having to jointly design and manage them with donors; and transfer skills and technology, not just money.…”

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The challenge of the creative Third World

Gilley

2015

Third World Quarterly

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This article is a contribution to recent literature on the shape of the polycentric world order. It argues that the Third World remains a valid concept for describing the interests and ideas that shape the foreign policies of many key non-Western states. However, the Third World has changed in a fundamental way. The article describes the historical emergence and contemporary manifestations of a 'creative' Third World in contrast to the 'protest' Third World of the past. It describes the nature of this shift and how it is reshaping Western leadership. It argues that the main challenge for the West is to create a coherent pluralism in international order that embraces this creative Third World.

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The Global South in Environmental Negotiations: the politics of coalitions inredd+

Cited by 34 publications

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Framing REDD+ at National Level: Actors and Discourse around Nepal’s Policy Debate

Framing REDD+ at National Level: Actors and Discourse around Nepal’s Policy Debate

Locating international REDD+ power relations: Debating forests and trees in international climate negotiations

The challenge of the creative Third World

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