Glocalizing Forests: Transnational Networks and the Geography of Global Climate Policy

Discussions of global climate policy center on proposals for reform of theUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiating process. The focus on state actors to the exclusion of other types oforganizations active in global climate policy, however, glosses over the challengesof moving from agreement to implementation and underestimates the potentialof sub-global actions. Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation(REDD+), a popular initiative which aims to support forest conservation withclimate mitigation funds, provides an excellent example of the promises and pitfalls of thinking about climate policy from the perspective of the messy networksof transnational actors that make up its skeletal structure. The transnational networks supporting REDD+ policy development and implementation are geographically uneven, centered on donor countries of the global North and in particularcities like Washington, DC, and Geneva, Switzerland. This spatially centralizedbut institutionally decentralized structure, which I call \concentrated polycentricity," may limit the ability of those affected by REDD+ activities to engage indemocratic control over policy creation. Encouraging local ownership of REDD+policies can help mitigate some of these problems.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Geography

Grantor dc:publisher

The Ohio State University

Year dc:date

2013

Author dc:creator

• Gallemore, Caleb Tyrell

Contributors dc:contributor

• Munroe, Darla

• Geography
• REDD+
• deforestation
• networks
• transnational relations
• climate change
• policy networks

Statement dc:rights

• unrestricted
• This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1365703741

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:etd.ohiolink.edu:osu1365703741