The Governance of Clean Development: CDM and beyond
Lead Research Organisation:
University of East Anglia
Department Name: International Development
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| Peter Newell (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
Publications
Transparency International
(2011)
Global Corruption Report: Climate Change
Phillips J
(2013)
The governance of clean energy in India: The clean development mechanism (CDM) and domestic energy politics
in Energy Policy
Peter Newell (Speaker)
(2009)
The politics of carbon accountability
Peter Newell (Speaker)
(2010)
Knowledge and access to information in climate governance
Peter Newell (Author)
(2010)
The political ecologies of clean development
Peter Newell (Author)
(2011)
From global power politics to responsible collective governance
Newell P
(2012)
The Global Political Ecology of the Clean Development Mechanism
in Global Environmental Politics
Newell P
(2012)
Of Markets and Madness Whose Clean Development Will Prevail at Rio+20?
in The Journal of Environment & Development
Newell P
(2009)
Governing Clean Development: A Framework for Analysis
in Development Policy Review
Newell P
(2012)
The political economy of carbon markets: The CDM and other stories
in Climate Policy
| Description | There is increasing recognition that effective institutions are required to govern carbon markets such as the CDM (Clean Development Mechanism) of the UN to ensure they provide social as well as environmental benefits. Whereas most research to date looked at market-based factors for the performance of the CDM, this work analysed the role of governance in politics in shaping who benefits, who loses how and why from the CDM. The CDM is a market-based offset mechanism which allows richer countries, that have legal obligations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, to pay poorer ones for projects that reduce these emissions more cheaply. In return, developing countries are meant to receive sustainable development benefits such as jobs, technology or improved health and environmental outcomes. The research sought to understand what difference governance makes to the ability of the CDM to deliver these twin goals. It involved field work in Argentina, India and South Africa including interviews with around 150 people in government, international organisations, business organisations and NGOs. Key findings were published in 3 books (2 co-authored and one co-edited), 8 journal articles, contributions to consultancy reports and commentary pieces for journals and media. The research highlighted a number of key governance deficits in relation to participation, accountability, coordination and capacity which are inhibiting the ability of governments to realise environmental and developmental benefits from the projects. These included poorly organised processes of local consultation, weak checks on the sustainable development contribution of projects and collusion between actors that are meant to have distinct and separate roles. It looked at these issues across a range of levels from the UN's CDM Executive Board, to national governments that have responsibility for approving and screening projects, down to local bodies that oversee local consultations and participation with local communities about the risks and benefits associated with the projects they are asked to host. The research also pointed to the importance of getting to grips with issues of power, politics and political economy which are significant shapers of who captures benefits and what terms from carbon market projects. It provided both conceptual tools for understanding the role of governance and politics in carbon markets and practical recommendations about how the markets might be more effectively and equitably governed. |
| Exploitation Route | This research has been put to use in a number of ways described below. At the international level a briefing note based on the research was produced for the UN CDM Executive Board about challenges facing the CDM for discussion at a closed retreat. The retreat led to a call for a Policy Dialogue on the reform of the CDM emphasising issues of governance and contributions to sustainable development highlighted by the research as key areas for the dialogue to address. The report itself noted 'allegations that certain CDM projects have had negative sustainable development impacts have prompted calls for increased standards and scrutiny in this area'. As well as submitting evidence to the dialogue panel that was then set up, testimony was given at a side-event organised by the NGO CDM Watch in May 2012 in Bonn at the UN climate change negotiations before members of the High Level Panel of the CDM Policy Dialogue. The chair and discussant at this event both came from the High level panel (Prodipto Ghosh and Margaret Mukahanana-Sangarwe) and engaged directly with the evidence presented and expressed their commitment to take forward its findings. Indeed the report that resulted from the dialogue process specifically reproduces some of the main conclusions of the presentation that 'most studies employ varying criteria to assess impacts and occasionally lack any ex-post assessments, relying on information provided by project developers when requesting registration, rather than on post-implementation data' and that 'A comparison of projects across different countries shows that their contribution to sustainable development depends both on project type and host country'. The final report also conveys a principal finding of the research where it is noted that 'Some stakeholders indicate that the capacity of host countries to follow-up on the initial assessment of a project's contribution to sustainable development is limited given the paucity of resources in many cases'. Other key recommendations from the research which featured prominently in the final report of the dialogue include the call for the CDM to 'strengthen and restructure its governance' by 'enhancing its openness and transparency, and opportunities for stakeholder participation, create avenues to hear appeals and address grievances' including increased monitoring of sustainable development benefits, efforts to strengthen national capacity in this regard and sanctions in cases of harm caused by projects plus guidelines on adequate local consultation procedures. Echoing our recommendations it is stated 'There is a clear need to improve the reporting, monitoring, and verification of the sustainable development impacts of CDM projects, and to implement safeguards against projects with negative impacts'. Records of the side event above state: 'Peter Newell, University of Sussex, synthesized research on the impact of CDM on sustainable development. He described an alternative process based on: clear national clean development strategies; common guidance on public consultation; strengthened Designated National Authority (DNA) capacity; and continuous monitoring and ex-post validation'. The CDM Policy Dialogue research paper on governance then issued a recommendation to 'Assist DNAs in coordinating more effective local stakeholder consultations and improve the accountability of project proponents to local communities throughout CDM project design and implementation'. The summary report of the stakeholder consultations undertaken as part of the dialogue also noted our calls for further monitoring and capacity building for SD benefits and the use of sanctions where necessary. At national level the research was also drawn upon by the UK government in its submission to the Policy dialogue which called for efforts to improve the 'governance of the CDM' including an appeals mechanism, improved local consultation and stakeholder engagement and ex- post assessments of the sustainable development contributions of projects: reforms we had been promoting based on the research. The nature of the sanctions proposed by the UK government for projects failing to deliver these outcomes reflect exactly those we had recommended in our reports and which were highlighted in press coverage of the findings. The call to clarify the CDM's interaction with, and value added to, other relevant initiatives mirrors closely our own call to consider 'how the CDM can best add value and create synergies with other policy initiatives to generate finance for low carbon development'. Interactions with DECC officials about how the research informed their strategy with regard to reform of the CDM led to an invite being issued to serve as a Senior Policy Advisor to the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change on its International Climate Fund and to review funding applications under its remit providing a direct channel to influence policy decisions. This built on DECC's earlier use of the framework developed by the project in a paper on global carbon market institutions. Also at the policy level, impact has also been achieved through training sessions based on the research. These were organised, for example, for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association on the Clean Development Mechanism that led to a call by parliamentarians attending issuing a call for tougher action on climate change which emphasised strongly the governance themes emphasised in the training session with them. The communiqué lead Western Australian MP Giz Watson to demand that 'The climate change policies of all political parties in WA should be reviewed and updated to reflect the rapidly changing knowledge about Climate Change and the increasing urgency of a shift to a low carbon economy' . In the latter regard mention was made of the 'risks from international carbon trading mechanisms' which the training session focussed on. Impact on public opinion via the media, meanwhile, has taken a number of forms. Insights from the research also featured in a documentary 'The Carbon Con' which was screened at the UNFCCC meeting in Durban in December 2011 at a side-event and panel discussion organised by CDM Watch. The film has so far been downloaded on youtube and other media over 2,700 times. It also includes coverage for the research on TV channels such as Sky News, BBC News 24 and BBC World in Spanish, which featured a full page story on the research, leading broadsheets such as The Guardian, The Financial Times for an interactive guide on climate politics in the run up to the Durban meeting in 2011 was produced, The Times of South Africa, BBC Radio 2 and a series of specialised publications such as CDM & JI Monitor for whom a guest commentary was produced, and the International Oil Daily. As well as being reproduced across specialist media, the new items were used in briefings from NGOs such as the Rainforest Foundation and Global Forest Coalition as well as The Corner House in the UK in their advocacy work on these issues. |
| Sectors | Education,Environment |
| URL | http://www.clean-development.com |
| Description | 4. Details of the impact As summarised in section 1, this research has had impacts in the following four areas: 1. The work of the UN CDM Executive Board: In 2011, the UN CDM Executive Board (EB), which is the highest governmental decision-making body on carbon markets, held a closed retreat to discuss challenges facing the CDM in the wake of series of crises engulfing global carbon markets. A briefing note on Newell's research was produced for this retreat, following an invitation to 'well-known leaders and thinkers in this area' [see Section 4, C1]. This was shared with Board members and made a 'key contribution' to ensuring the success of the retreat [C2]. The most significant outcome of the retreat was agreement to launch a Policy Dialogue on the CDM. 2. The UN's Policy Dialogue on the CDM: Newell's engagement with this Policy Dialogue process involved: formal submission of evidence to the Dialogue Panel; distribution of this evidence to a range of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, including the UK government and the then chair of the CDM EB who participated in a public debate about the research [C3]; dissemination of academic publications to many of the same stakeholders; and various presentations, including at the May 2012 UN climate change negotiations in Bonn, at an event organised by the NGO CDM Watch [C4]. The chair and discussant at this event, who were both members of the CDM Policy Dialogue High-Level Panel, directly engaged with the evidence presented and expressed their commitment to take forward its findings [C5]. This engagement activity in turn had the following impacts: (i) UK government submission: The research and formal evidence were extensively drawn upon by the UK Department for International Development in its submission to the Policy Dialogue. This submission called for efforts to improve the governance of the CDM including an appeals mechanism; improved local consultation and stakeholder engagement including promotion of best practice; ex-post assessments of the sustainable development contributions of projects; and sanctions for projects failing to deliver these outcomes. These proposals drew heavily upon and directly mirrored those called for in Newell's research and submission to the Dialogue Panel [C6]. (ii) Policy Dialogue paper on governance: Significant traces of Newell's research are evident in a key Policy Dialogue report. This report recommended that the CDM EB 'assist DNAs (Designated National Authorities) in coordinating more effective local stakeholder consultations and improve the accountability of project proponents to local communities throughout CDM project design and implementation' [C7]. This recommendation directly mirrored Newell's proposal for an alternative CDM governance process based on clear national clean development strategies; common guidance on public consultation; strengthened DNA capacity; and continuous monitoring and ex-post validation [C4]. (iii) Final reports: Likewise, the final Synthesis Report of the Dialogue process reproduced several of the main findings of Newell's research. This includes statements that 'most studies employ varying criteria to assess impacts and occasionally lack any ex-post assessments, relying on information provided by project developers when requesting registration, rather than on post-implementation data'; that 'comparison of projects across different countries shows that their contribution to sustainable development depends both on project type and host country'; and that '[s]ome stakeholders indicate that the capacity of host countries to follow-up on the initial assessment of a project's contribution to sustainable development is limited given the paucity of resources in many cases' [C8]. Key recommendations from Newell's research also featured prominently in the Final Report of the High-Level Panel, including its call for the CDM to 'strengthen and restructure its governance' by 'enhancing its openness and transparency, and opportunities for stakeholder participation, creating avenues to hear appeals and address grievances'. This included increased monitoring of sustainable development benefits, efforts to strengthen national capacity in this regard, sanctions in cases of harm caused by projects, and guidelines on adequate local consultation procedures. Echoing the recommendations of the research, it is stated 'There is a clear need to improve the reporting, monitoring, and verification of the sustainable development impacts of CDM projects, and to implement safeguards against projects with negative impacts' [C9]. In the wake of this Final Report and the pressure generated by researchers and NGOs, state Parties to the UN climate negotiations called on the CDM EB to act. It did so by approving a voluntary tool for describing sustainable development co-benefits of CDM projects at its 70th Board meeting in November 2012, moving away from original opposition to acceptance of an additional tool for recording such benefits. In light of the shortcomings highlighted by this and other research, the CDM EB has also sought to encourage governments to share experiences of local consultation processes. 3. Advisory and training work: Newell has also undertaken extensive advisory and training work, with impacts on policy processes. For example, Newell serves as Senior Policy Advisor on the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change's (DECC's) International Climate Fund, in which capacity he has served as an evaluator of business cases for the joint DFID/DECC Carbon Markets Finance initiative and has provided input which has had direct impacts on the design and development of this initiative [C10]. And he has provided training for various policy bodies on the CDM, some of which have in turn had direct impacts. For example, Newell participated in a training session for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, at the end of which the parliamentarians attending issued a communiqué calling for tougher action on climate change which specifically emphasised the 'risks from international carbon trading mechanisms' highlighted by Newell [C11]. 4. Public awareness of the shortcomings of carbon markets: Key findings from Newell's research have been extensively covered in all forms of mass media. Leading broadsheets covering the research have included The Guardian, The Times of South Africa and The Financial Times, for whom Newell produced an interactive guide on climate politics in the run up to the December 2011 Durban conference. The research has been covered on numerous TV and radio channels, including Sky News, BBC News 24, BBC Radio 2 and BBC World in Spanish, which featured a full page story on Newell's research [C12]. Newell's research has also featured in the 'The Carbon Con' documentary, which was screened at the Durban conference at a side-event with panel discussion organised by CDM Watch, and has been downloaded from YouTube and other media over 3,000 times [C13]. Newell's research has also been widely cited and drawn upon by advocacy NGOs working on climate change issues, including the Rainforest Foundation, the Global Forest Coalition, and The Corner House in the UK [C14]. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2011 |
| Sector | Environment |
| Impact Types | Policy & public services |
| Description | Impact on CDM Policy Dialogue |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| Impact | this research has had impacts in the following four areas: 1. The work of the UN CDM Executive Board: In 2011, the UN CDM Executive Board (EB), which is the highest governmental decision-making body on carbon markets, held a closed retreat to discuss challenges facing the CDM in the wake of series of crises engulfing global carbon markets. A briefing note on Newell's research was produced for this retreat, following an invitation to 'well-known leaders and thinkers in this area' [see Section 4, C1]. This was shared with Board members and made a 'key contribution' to ensuring the success of the retreat [C2]. The most significant outcome of the retreat was agreement to launch a Policy Dialogue on the CDM. 2. The UN's Policy Dialogue on the CDM: Newell's engagement with this Policy Dialogue process involved: formal submission of evidence to the Dialogue Panel; distribution of this evidence to a range of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders, including the UK government and the then chair of the CDM EB who participated in a public debate about the research [C3]; dissemination of academic publications to many of the same stakeholders; and various presentations, including at the May 2012 UN climate change negotiations in Bonn, at an event organised by the NGO CDM Watch [C4]. The chair and discussant at this event, who were both members of the CDM Policy Dialogue High-Level Panel, directly engaged with the evidence presented and expressed their commitment to take forward its findings [C5]. This engagement activity in turn had the following impacts: (i) UK government submission: The research and formal evidence were extensively drawn upon by the UK Department for International Development in its submission to the Policy Dialogue. This submission called for efforts to improve the governance of the CDM including an appeals mechanism; improved local consultation and stakeholder engagement including promotion of best practice; ex-post assessments of the sustainable development contributions of projects; and sanctions for projects failing to deliver these outcomes. These proposals drew heavily upon and directly mirrored those called for in Newell's research and submission to the Dialogue Panel [C6]. (ii) Policy Dialogue paper on governance: Significant traces of Newell's research are evident in a key Policy Dialogue report. This report recommended that the CDM EB 'assist DNAs (Designated National Authorities) in coordinating more effective local stakeholder consultations and improve the accountability of project proponents to local communities throughout CDM project design and implementation' [C7]. This recommendation directly mirrored Newell's proposal for an alternative CDM governance process based on clear national clean development strategies; common guidance on public consultation; strengthened DNA capacity; and continuous monitoring and ex-post validation [C4]. (iii) Final reports: Likewise, the final Synthesis Report of the Dialogue process reproduced several of the main findings of Newell's research. This includes statements that 'most studies employ varying criteria to assess impacts and occasionally lack any ex-post assessments, relying on information provided by project developers when requesting registration, rather than on post-implementation data'; that 'comparison of projects across different countries shows that their contribution to sustainable development depends both on project type and host country'; and that '[s]ome stakeholders indicate that the capacity of host countries to follow-up on the initial assessment of a project's contribution to sustainable development is limited given the paucity of resources in many cases' [C8]. Key recommendations from Newell's research also featured prominently in the Final Report of the High-Level Panel, including its call for the CDM to 'strengthen and restructure its governance' by 'enhancing its openness and transparency, and opportunities for stakeholder participation, creating avenues to hear appeals and address grievances'. This included increased monitoring of sustainable development benefits, efforts to strengthen national capacity in this regard, sanctions in cases of harm caused by projects, and guidelines on adequate local consultation procedures. Echoing the recommendations of the research, it is stated 'There is a clear need to improve the reporting, monitoring, and verification of the sustainable development impacts of CDM projects, and to implement safeguards against projects with negative impacts' [C9]. In the wake of this Final Report and the pressure generated by researchers and NGOs, state Parties to the UN climate negotiations called on the CDM EB to act. It did so by approving a voluntary tool for describing sustainable development co-benefits of CDM projects at its 70th Board meeting in November 2012, moving away from original opposition to acceptance of an additional tool for recording such benefits. In light of the shortcomings highlighted by this and other research, the CDM EB has also sought to encourage governments to share experiences of local consultation processes. 3. Advisory and training work: Newell has also undertaken extensive advisory and training work, with impacts on policy processes. For example, Newell serves as Senior Policy Advisor on the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change's (DECC's) International Climate Fund, in which capacity he has served as an evaluator of business cases for the joint DFID/DECC Carbon Markets Finance initiative and has provided input which has had direct impacts on the design and development of this initiative [C10]. And he has provided training for various policy bodies on the CDM, some of which have in turn had direct impacts. For example, Newell participated in a training session for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, at the end of which the parliamentarians attending issued a communiqué calling for tougher action on climate change which specifically emphasised the 'risks from international carbon trading mechanisms' highlighted by Newell [C11]. 4. Public awareness of the shortcomings of carbon markets: Key findings from Newell's research have been extensively covered in all forms of mass media. Leading broadsheets covering the research have included The Guardian, The Times of South Africa and The Financial Times, for whom Newell produced an interactive guide on climate politics in the run up to the December 2011 Durban conference. The research has been covered on numerous TV and radio channels, including Sky News, BBC News 24, BBC Radio 2 and BBC World in Spanish, which featured a full page story on Newell's research [C12]. Newell's research has also featured in the 'The Carbon Con' documentary, which was screened at the Durban conference at a side-event with panel discussion organised by CDM Watch, and has been downloaded from YouTube and other media over 3,000 times [C13]. Newell's research has also been widely cited and drawn upon by advocacy NGOs working on climate change issues, including the Rainforest Foundation, the Global Forest Coalition, and The Corner House in the UK [C14]. |
| Description | United Nations Development Programme commissioned paper |
| Amount | £6,222 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Nations (UN) |
| Department | United Nations Development Programme |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 01/2011 |
| End | 02/2012 |
| Description | University of East Anglia School of International Development research support funds |
| Amount | £6,269 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of East Anglia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2010 |
| End | 08/2011 |
| Description | Climate finance : lessons from the governance of clean development and the clean development mechanism (CDM) |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Department | Department for International Development (DfID) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Briefing for Department for International Development on experience with climate finance to date and current and future UK government priorities for reform. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Innovation and technology transfer for sustainable energy systems in developing countries |
| Organisation | Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Event organised in collaboration with Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands. This event presented analysis of existing mechanisms for technology transfer for sustainable energy systems in developing countries, such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), as well as critical aspects that need to be addressed if technology and innovation are to deliver their potential, such as governance, and the need to move beyond a narrow focus on technology hardware and finance. Building on this, the event presented latest thinking on recent policy initiatives: i.e. how technology transfer can form part of a low carbon development strategy and on the implementation framework for the UNFCCC Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTC&N). A panel of speakers then discussed if and how these more recent initiatives can be structured to meet developing county needs for innovation and technology transfer. |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Climate change and official development assistance : towards integration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Debt, Aid and Trade. Follow-up with others NGOs attending such as WDM |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Climate negotiations : BBC News 24 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Professor Peter Newell is interviewed in this live television broadcast on BBC News 24 about the outcomes of the UNFCCC Cancún (Mexico) climate summit negotiations and what it means for developing countries. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Climate negotiations : BBC Radio 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Extracts from a BBC News 24 broadcast in which Professor Peter Newell was interviewed about the outcomes of the Cancún climate summit negotiations were used on this BBC Radio 2 broadcast. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Climate negotiations : BBC Radio Gloucestershire |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Extracts from a BBC News 24 broadcast in which Professor Peter Newell was interviewed about the outcomes of the Cancún climate summit negotiations were used on local radio stations including BBC Radio Gloucestershire. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Climate negotiations : BBC Radio Leicester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Extracts from a BBC News 24 broadcast in which Professor Peter Newell was interviewed about the outcomes of the Cancún climate summit negotiations were used on local radio stations including BBC Radio Leicester. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Climate negotiations : Sky News |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Professor Peter Newell is interviewed during this live television broadcast on Sky News, recorded in Copenhagen during the Copenhagen climate change summit in December 2009. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| Description | Climate politics and development : responsibility, money and markets |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The session will provide an historical and political backdrop to the creation and evolution of carbon markets in the context of evolving North-South relations within and beyond the climate regime. It looks at evolving debates about responsibility for action, obligations to provide aid and the generation and governance of carbon finance through, amongst other things, carbon markets. Useful contacts made |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.klimacampus.de/867.html |
| Description | Governing clean development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy at the University of Leeds. Collaboration on an article with Prof Andy Gouldson |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Governing clean development : lessons from the CDM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation organised by the ESRC Follow up with government officials who attended |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Governing clean energy in India |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Peter Newell gives a talk at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, outlining the GCD project, presenting initial insights from fieldwork in India and receiving valuable feedback from India-based academics and students. Discussions about research collaborations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Herding cats? : transnational clean energy governance in a context of financial crisis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | For years commentators have complained that the global governance of energy is weak and under_developed. The challenge of climate change underscores the need to address that deficit. While there are agencies and institutions at the international level that address energy issues, none to date has been mandated with the need to promote and advance clean energy production. Requests for research outputs |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2009 |
| URL | http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/gcd/Newell09Leverhulme-editorial |
| Description | Interactive guide to climate change institutions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Online Interactive Guide to Climate Change Institutions (UNFCCC, World Bank etc.) for the Financial Times website in advance of the Durban Climate Change Negotiations Financial Times |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | More politics needed in the CDM, not less |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Op-Ed piece for the subscription-only online industry publication CDM and JI Monitor. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.pointcarbon.com/news/cdmjien/1.1682627 |
| Description | Recommended scope for CDM policy dialogue |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A high level Panel was convened to undertake a wide ranging review of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). This short report summarised recommended areas of reform to be considered by the high level Panel during their upcoming work, based on the research findings of the project. Recommendations - 5 page summary |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The CDM and sustainable development : what do we know? : what do we not know? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the CDM Policy Dialogue Event in Bonn, May 2012. Describes gaps in out knowledge of the sustainable development outcomes of CDM projects, linked to the design and governance of the CDM. Section not completed |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The global political economy of energy (in)justice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote address to the Environmental Conflict and Justice Conference, Barcelona, drawing on work from the GCD project as well as the background paper the GCD team produced for the UNDP Human Development Report. Further research exchanges |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The governance of low carbon development |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Peter drew lessons for the Technology Executive Committee (TEC) from the governance of technology transfer under the CDM. He suggested that many of the governance challenges will be similar and emphasised the role of power, participation, and the ways that governments can prioritise sustainable development benefits. He presented research indicating that technology transfer under the CDM has been limited to operational aspects of technological knowledge and suggested reasons for this including the lack of value attached to sustainable development and the question of who approves and evaluates technologies and institutions. Peter also suggested lessons for the TEC, including the role of local institutions in ensuring broad participation in technological priority setting, the additional governance challenges for small project developers and Less Developed Countries, and how governments can align national strategy with new and existing initiatives. Peter concluded with the statement that despite important differences, the CDM can provide lessons for the Technology Mechanism. One audience member disagreed on the basis that the CDM provides projects for established technologies, rather than cutting edge new technologies. http://www.ecn.nl/fileadmin/ecn/units/bs/IEC/COP17/ECN__US_COP17_Side_Event_Innovation_and_TT_Summary.pdf http://www.ecn.nl/fileadmin/ecn/units/bs/IEC/COP17/ECN__US_COP17_Side_Event_Innovation_and_TT_Summary.pdf |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.ecn.nl/fileadmin/ecn/units/bs/IEC/COP17/ECN__US_COP17_Side_Event_Innovation_and_TT_Summar... |
| Description | The political economy of energy access in a carbon constrained world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Panel Presentation introducing the issues of Global Political Economy of Energy and its relevance to Energy Transitions and (low carbon) energy access. Drew on the GCD report for the UNDP Human Development Report, Pursuing Clean Energy Equitably. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | The politics of change : tackling poverty in a carbon-constrained world |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Britain in 2011, Annual Magazine of the Economic and Social Research Council Dissemination of key findings of the research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/gcd/Britain+in+2011 |
| Description | The politics of climate capitalism |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | The politics of climate capitalism |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation to the School of Politics, Social and International Studies at the University of East Anglia. N/A |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Transitioning to a low carbon economy : what role for global environmental governance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote address at the Inauguration of the International Project Office of the Earth System Governance Project at Lund University Discussions with head of Earth System Governance head |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| URL | http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/events/2011-03-24-inauguration-international-project-office |
| Description | What future for global climate politics? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Part of a panel discussing and debating with a public audience the future direction of global climate change politics Media interviews |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |