The Matter of Carbon: Understanding the Materiality of tCO2e in Carbon Offsets

Antipode

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 612-638

  Bumpus, Adam G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon offsets; Clean development mechanism; Commodification; Honduras; Neoliberalism; Socionature; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; EMISSION CONTROL; MARKET SYSTEM; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NEOLIBERALISM; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HONDURAS;

EID: 79955729212     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2011.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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