Unraveling the Notion of “Fair Carbon”: Key Challenges for Standards Development

Rebecca Joy Howard, Anne Tallontire, Lindsay Stringer and Rob Marchant

World Development, 2015, vol. 70, issue C, 343-356

Abstract: Standards organizations and NGOs have begun to refer to “fair carbon” projects, and “fairly traded” carbon credits. “Fairness” is a fuzzy notion, subject to multiple and competing interpretations. This paper draws on a framing used by standards organizations, which encompasses issues of access and benefits, to critically examine challenges and opportunities for achieving desired “fair” outcomes as discussed in the literature. Arising knowledge gaps are presented as a research agenda that explores what “fair carbon” means to multiple stakeholders; illuminates governance processes through which “fairness” is being standardized; and examines its implications within certified carbon projects.

Keywords: standard setting organizations; carbon projects; voluntary carbon market; access; benefits; sub Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.02.008

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