Di Gregorio, M, Brockhaus, M, Cronin, T et al. (3 more authors) (2015) Deadlock or Transformational Change? Exploring Public Discourse on REDD+ across Seven Countries. Global Environmental Politics, 15 (4). pp. 63-84. ISSN 1526-3800
Abstract
This article investigates the public discourses on reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) across seven countries, to assess whether they support policy reforms. We argue that transformational discourses have at least one of these characteristics: they advocate specific policy reforms that address the drivers of deforestation and forest degradation; take into account the potential risks of a REDD+ mechanism; go beyond technocratic solutions to reduce emissions; and explicitly challenge existing power relations that support drivers of deforestation. The evidence indicates the predominance of win-win storylines, a lack of engagement by state actors with debates on the potential negative socioeconomic outcomes of REDD+, and little attention to the drivers of deforestation. The article concludes that to achieve a shift toward transformational public discourse, reformist policy actors and the media need to engage dominant policy actors in debates about how to reduce pressure on the forest.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This is the author produced version of a paper published in Global Environmental Politics. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | REDD+; climate change; environmental discourse; media; forest governance; transformational change; business as usual; deforestation; degradation |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 28 May 2015 11:02 |
Last Modified: | 09 May 2016 02:49 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/GLEP_a_00322 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1162/GLEP_a_00322 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:86392 |