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...

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...