scholarly journals Organising Policy-Relevant Knowledge for Climate Action

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Béatrice Cointe ◽  
Christophe Cassen ◽  
Alain Nadaï
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Epistemic Communities ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Gas Emission ◽  
Epistemic Practices ◽  
Collective Work ◽  
Domain Of Applicability ◽  
Policy Relevance ◽  
Climate Action

Greenhouse gas emission scenarios are key in analyses of human interference with the climate system. They are mainly produced by one category of computer models: Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs). We analyse how IAM research organised into a community around the production of socio-economic scenarios during the preparation of the IPCC AR5 (2005-2014). We seek to describe the co-emergence of a research community, its instruments, and its domain of applicability. We highlight the role of the IPCC process in the making of the IAM community, showing how IAMs worked their way to an influent position. We then survey three elements of the repertoire that served to organise collective work on scenarios in interaction with the IPCC and the European Union, and which now frames the community and its epistemic practices. This repertoire needs to articulate epistemic practices with the pursuit of policy relevance, which shows how epistemic communities and patterns of co-production materialise in practical arrangements.

Role of organic amendment application on greenhouse gas emission from soil

2013 ◽  
Vol 465 ◽  
pp. 72-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramya Thangarajan ◽  
Nanthi S. Bolan ◽  
Guanglong Tian ◽  
Ravi Naidu ◽  
Anitha Kunhikrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Organic Amendment ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Gas Emission

scholarly journals Transnational Municipal Climate Networks and the Politics of Standardisation: The Contested Role of Climate Data in the New Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Friederike Gesing
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Climate Data ◽  
Public Data ◽  
Standard Tool ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
Future Direction ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Eu

This article analyses the formation of a new global network, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM), by two existing initiatives, the EU-based Covenant of Mayors and the UN-supported Compact of Mayors. While this merger of two transnational networks provides evidence for the increased coordination and standardisation of transnational municipal climate action, this remains a contentious and incomplete process. The article identifies different modes of transnational climate governance that have contributed to conflict between the founding networks and zooms in on the role of municipal climate data. Using empirical evidence, it analyses the contested politics of municipal climate data, including the role of the Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC) as a standard tool, the definition of a common target, and the inclusion of financial actors. Concerns over the reshaping of public-private boundaries and the possible commodification of public data are identified as major obstacles for the (EU) Covenant of Mayors, which consequentially seeks to remain as independent as possible within the new GCoM. Data politics emerges as a crucial factor for the future direction of transnational municipal climate policy and the ongoing processes of standardisation and coordination.

scholarly journals Impact of Eu Ets on Sustainable Development of its Participants in Latvia

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 165-177
Author(s):  
Ilze Prūse
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Emissions Trading ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Eu Ets ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Gas Emission ◽  
Trading System ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Latvia is covered by the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and therein 80 participants from Latvia have participated. The goal of the paper is to analyse the impact of the EU ETS on the sustainable development of its participants in Latvia. The concept of sustainable development is explored with respect to both macro and micro scale and in the context of sustainable development the EU ETS is described. The impact of the EU ETS on its participants in Latvia is considered by means of methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis. It has been established that in past the participants of the EU ETS from Latvia had generally beneficial positions in the EU ETS; hence although the EU ETS did not directly promote greenhouse gas emission reductions, it provided opportunities to gain additional profits and many of the EU ETS participants in Latvia made use of them. In addition, certain interrelationships have been identified between the data on the EU ETS participants performing EUA trading and the data on the EU ETS participants not performing EUA trading. It has been concluded that the EU ETS might have contributed towards the sustainable development of its participants in Latvia within its certain dimensions.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document