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Carbon trading : a critical conversation on climate change, privatisation and power
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359 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm. - Publisher: Uppsala, Sweden : Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, [2006]
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| General Note: | This issue is the second in a series of What Next project publications. "This issue ... is the second in a series of What Next project publications. It also forms part of a new phase in the journal's history. Development dialogue has been given a fresh look, a new cover design and a new layout. At the same time we are introducing a new and simpler numbering system, consisting of a running number along with a month and year of publication. This issue is No. 48 inthe series of issues published since 1972"--Page 2 of cover. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Introduction: a new fossil fuel crisis -- 2. 'Made in the USA': a short history of carbon trading -- 3. Lessons unlearned: pollution trading's failures -- Property rights and privatisation -- Emissions trading vs. structural change -- The special problems of carbon projects -- Where's the enforcement? -- Narrowing the discussion -- Summing up: market ideology vs. climate action -- 4. Offsets: the fossil economy's new arena of conflict -- The beginnings: a story from Guatemala -- From the Netherlands to the Andes: a tale from Ecuador -- The story continues: carbon forestry in Uganda -- Costa Rica: 'environmental services' pioneer -- India: a taste of the future -- Sri Lanka: a 'clean energy' project that was not so clean -- Thailand: biomass in the service of the coal and gas economy -- South Africa: carbon credits from the cities -- Brazil: handouts for repression as usual -- Photo essay plantar vs. local people: two versions of history -- 5. Ways forward -- Appendix: The Durban Declaration on carbon trading. |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Also available online via the Internet at the DHF web site. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | HD 82 .C37 2006 | 287768 | Stacks | Available | - |