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This panel invites papers about theory and action on climate governance in the Global South & North, so contributing to a joint construction of just sustainable futures in an urbanizing and mobile world.
Long Abstract:
Climate Governance refers to the mechanisms and processes around collective climate action, aiming to direct social systems towards prevention or mitigation of the risks of climate change or the adaptation to these (Jagers and Stripple, 2003). These processes are understood multi-sectoral, multi-level and polycentric (Rüdiger, et al., 2019), recognizing the diversity of institutional arrangements required to tackle the climate crisis (Dorsch and Flachsland, 2017). In short, implementing global measures that are coherent with scenarios consistent with the 1.5°C target needs various scales, levels and types of governance processes (IPCC, 2018).
3 central theoretical premises are proposed:
-Atmosphere is a global public good, and the climate crisis is a collective action dilemma (Ostrom, 2010).
-The comprehension of the climate crisis as a social challenge is a central requisite of climate governance, because adaptation and mitigation actions are immersed in the socio-scientific dimension of climate change (Fröhlich y Knieling, 2013).
-Climate governance is simultaneously a global and local phenomenon, whereby various forms of authorities and actors interact (Cadman, 2013)
This panel aims at debating current advances at the theoretical and practical levels, across specific experiences of climate governance. Participants will share their analysis or their success stories in short-video formats in advance, so that the 40min discussion can synthesise key points across the different papers.
The intention is to generate lessons for urban centers around the world that can be applied in the context of innovative climate governance. The discussion will be illustrated on a shared screen live.
Colombia is leading a successful climate governance strategy through a series of instruments headed by the National Climate Change System, which seek to coordinate efforts of authorities at various levels regarding climate change. Colombia recognizes the opportunity to boost multilevel initiatives as a key axis in the roadmap for the reduction of GHG emissions and climate resilience.
Paper long abstract:
Governance strategies formally established through public policy instruments constitute a point of strength for the coordination and implementation of a short, medium and long-term climate action agenda (Hochstetler and Kostka, 2015; Meckling and Nahm, 2018; Lamb and Minx 2020). Colombia, following this approach, has consolidated a series of instruments headed by the National Climate Change System – SISCLIMA since 2015, which seek to coordinate efforts and commitments of national, regional, local and international authorities regarding climate change.
Through this system, Colombia was able to build a NDC and a highly ambitious 2050 Strategy which has been agreed by all the economic sectors led by the country's ministries; Likewise, 5 of the main cities today have clear goals and objectives for 2030 in a combination of proposals for sustainable mobility, renewable energy, waste management, among others.
The foregoing has been strengthened thanks to the adoption of new instruments such as the Climate Action Law in 2021 and the establishment of the Intersectoral Commission of the Presidential Cabinet for Climate Action, which allows for coordination from the highest level of the national government, coherence, complementarity, comprehensiveness and timely public policy decision-making on climate action, and emphasizing the follow-up of implementation plans and budget allocation for meeting the aforementioned goals. Although Colombia has made significant progress in climate action, it also recognizes the opportunity to boost initiatives with local actors as a key axis in the roadmap for the reduction of GHG emissions, and increasing climate resilience in the country.
This contribution analyzes recent developments within the city of Manizales, Colombia, around tools, mechanisms and actors involved in the design and implementation of the local Climate Change Plan.
Paper long abstract:
Manizales is located in the center-western region of Colombia. Right above the central mountain range (2150 meters above sea level) and with a population around 450.000 inhabitants. The city is located along a profoundly abrupt topographical condition, which supposes diverse urban development challenges. In coherence with the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for Colombia, Manizales has devised a complex and daring collection of instruments in order to advance with local climate change goals and contributing to the national targets. This proposal aims at compiling the tools, mechanisms and actors involved in the design and implementation of the local Climate Change Plan, in the context of critically evaluating the accomplishments of local targets, and promoting better climate governance.
I will analyse REDD+ in Colombia, as a mechanism of Forest Governance, from the critical approach to sustainable development presented by authors such as Jason Hickel, Arturo Escobar and John Robinson.
Paper long abstract:
My central argument is how developed countries use REDD+ projects and the carbon market to 'buy' quotas of GHG emissions to keep their consumption levels and sustain economic growth at the expenses of the third world. To explain this argument, I will analyse from the critical approach of international development theory three issues in the Colombian context that depict the reality hidden behind REDD+ and the concept of sustainable development. First, how the mechanisms to set up the carbon stock' price is defined by developed countries and international institutions and how the low price of carbon stock in the market is affecting the development of REDD+ initiatives in Colombia. Second, I will evaluate the limitations of the result-based payment system and its negatives implications. Third, I will study the impact of REDD+ projects over local communities and Colombian Indigenous Rights. This proposal will also present the limitations and adverse effects of REDD+ as a new developmental orthodoxy identifying how the concept of sustainability and climate change can be misused by developed countries to maintain the capitalist economic model based on mass consumption.
Using examples from the Ecuadorian Amazon, this paper analyses the obstacles to Indigenous peoples' efforts to protect the local and global environment. It argues that solutions are to be found in greater regulation of international banks and transborder financial transactions.
Paper long abstract:
Indigenous peoples are at the forefront of the climate crisis, acting as stewards of the rainforests in resisting the advance of extractive frontiers into Indigenous territories, which account for 80 per cent of the world's biodiversity. Indigenous representatives have achieved a high profile on the global political stage, gaining support from inter-governmental and non-governmental institutions and agencies in their efforts to defend Indigenous rights and the Rights of Nature. Despite a series of victories by Indigenous environment defenders in state and international courts, however, mining and oil drilling continue to expand in Amazonia at the cost of Indigenous communities' wellbeing and cultural survival. Using examples from the Ecuadorian Amazon region, with reference to the use of unofficial payments to government officials, the use of tax havens, and the illegal trafficking of wild animals, this paper provides an analysis of the convergence of legal and illegal forces within the global economy that contribute to the continued destruction of Amazonian eco-systems. It contends that the expansion of moves towards bank transparency and the regulation of transborder financial transactions are key elements in preventing development projects that are damaging to Indigenous rights and the global environment.
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Maria Camila Flórez (EAFIT University)
Short Abstract:
This panel invites papers about theory and action on climate governance in the Global South & North, so contributing to a joint construction of just sustainable futures in an urbanizing and mobile world.
Long Abstract:
Climate Governance refers to the mechanisms and processes around collective climate action, aiming to direct social systems towards prevention or mitigation of the risks of climate change or the adaptation to these (Jagers and Stripple, 2003). These processes are understood multi-sectoral, multi-level and polycentric (Rüdiger, et al., 2019), recognizing the diversity of institutional arrangements required to tackle the climate crisis (Dorsch and Flachsland, 2017). In short, implementing global measures that are coherent with scenarios consistent with the 1.5°C target needs various scales, levels and types of governance processes (IPCC, 2018).
3 central theoretical premises are proposed:
-Atmosphere is a global public good, and the climate crisis is a collective action dilemma (Ostrom, 2010).
-The comprehension of the climate crisis as a social challenge is a central requisite of climate governance, because adaptation and mitigation actions are immersed in the socio-scientific dimension of climate change (Fröhlich y Knieling, 2013).
-Climate governance is simultaneously a global and local phenomenon, whereby various forms of authorities and actors interact (Cadman, 2013)
This panel aims at debating current advances at the theoretical and practical levels, across specific experiences of climate governance. Participants will share their analysis or their success stories in short-video formats in advance, so that the 40min discussion can synthesise key points across the different papers.
The intention is to generate lessons for urban centers around the world that can be applied in the context of innovative climate governance. The discussion will be illustrated on a shared screen live.
Accepted papers:
Session 1 Friday 8 July, 2022, -Carlos Edurardo Correa (Ministry of Environment of Sustainable Development)
Carlos Mario Marín (Manizales City Hall) Natalia Escobar (Manizales City Hall)
Andrés José Patino Escobar
Linda Etchart (Kingston University)