The paper explores political economic questions concerning new market creation and sociological interpretations of political contestation on climate change. The author draws on existing case studies of corporate/state networks and social movement activity as well as his observations as a...

Is carbon trading a just policy response to climate change? To answer this question, I begin by proposing necessary conditions for a just emissions trading scheme. It should lower emissions, and distribute burdens fairly. The Australian carbon trading scheme did not meet these conditions. The...

This essay tells the story of the conservative counter movement that mobilised against carbon pricing in Australia from 2010. In response to the former Labor government's carbon trading scheme, opposition to the reforms have been led by a small but vocal group of conservative political party...

How have Australian social movement actors sought sway in the political contest over climate change 2007-2013? This paper traces shifting movement strategies during a protracted period of political contestation over climate change and fossil fuels in Australia. It reveals the strategies and...

"Climate change makes fossil fuels unburnable, yet global coal production has almost doubled over the last 20 years. This book explores how the world can stop mining coal - the most prolific source of greenhouse gas emissions. It documents efforts at halting coal production, focusing...

This paper maps the sites of forest carbon market development in the Asia-Pacific region. Institutional architecture for the forest carbon market is fast developing amidst a chorus of claims that it is, or will be, a win-win-win apparatus for ecological, economic and social outcomes. However the...

Carbon offsets produced from terrestrial (land-based) emissions reduction projects are a contested frontier of carbon market expansion. Experiments in legislating for and producing terrestrial offsets that come under the title REDD have met heated opposition. However, a political consensus about...