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ToolsRayner, Tim (2021) Keeping it in the ground? Assessing global governance for fossil-fuel supply reduction. Earth System Governance, 8. ISSN 2589-8116
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Abstract
Restricting the international supply of fossil fuels is increasingly acknowledged as a necessary part of achieving long-term global temperature goals. However, the barriers to imposing such restrictions are immense. Issues of economic stability, equity, and associated geo-political tensions, are particularly acute. In theory, a managed decline can be facilitated by international cooperation. In practice, however, despite some apparent rhetorical commitments, adequate institutional responses have not been forthcoming. This paper highlights potentially relevant institutions, and assesses their combined contribution to fulfilling a set of governance functions relevant to decarbonisation in this case. The analysis finds that the governance challenges associated with deciding what fossil fuel carbon should be designated ‘unburnable’, and managing the associated equity-related, geo-political conflicts, are far from being fully recognised. Potential institutional reforms, by which governance gaps could be narrowed, are identified. These highlight the further potential of the G20, UNFCCC and WTO in particular.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Oct 2020 23:59 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Apr 2023 14:01 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77150 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.esg.2020.100061 |
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