These activities include training for professionals and a conference for postgraduate students; workshops in the UK and events in each of the case study countries (Argentina, India and South Africa); the production of academic publications and policy-relevant materials such as policy briefings; and participation in national and international conferences.
 

Workshops and Events

In November 2011 the GCD project hosted a UK dissemination event at UEA London: Carbon Markets for the Poor: A Contradiction in Terms? The panel discussion and public debate centred on the role of carbon markets as a response to the challenges of climate change mitigation, and was attended by an audience of around 70 practioners, policy-makers, students and researchers interested in clean development.
 

Briefing: What Have We Learnt?		Summary of Discussion		Peter Newell's Presentation

The GCD South Africa dissemination event was held as part of a University of Sussex/ ECN side event at the COP17 climate change summit in Durban in December 2011. GCD contributions focused on technology transfer under the CDM and its implications for the governance of the new UNFCCC Technology Mechanism. 

Presentation: Governing Technology for Clean Development			Event Summary: Innovation and technology transfer for sustainable energy

Dissemination events are taking place in each of the case study countries to present research findings about the governance of clean development in that country. The focus in each event is on sharing results and facilitating discussion around areas for potential reform that have been identified. In addition to the South Africa event in Durban, a workshop was held at FLACSO in Buenos Aires in May 2011 and was attended by over 30 participants from government, business and civil society. GCD findings in India were discussed at a seminar at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in September 2010.
 

In September 2010, the Governance of Clean Development Project co-ran a one day workshop, 'Theorising Climate Governance', aimed at UK-based PhD students. The workshop, sponsored by the ESRC and the Leverhulme Trust, brought together doctoral students working on different aspects of climate governance from a range of social science disciplines to encourage debate and reflection on the value and limitations of different theoretical approaches to the question of climate governance. The agenda for the day is available.

Training

We have offered training for government officials from developing countries drawing on lessons learned from our in country research focussed on ‘Enabling Clean Development’ alongside workshops in each of the case study countries to feed back key findings and a final dissemination meeting in London with government, business and civil society groups active in the area of clean development.

In September 2010 and 2011, Peter Newell ran training sessions on the CDM with participants on the ‘Climate Change and Development: Short Course’ at UEA. Participants came from the UNDP, IFC, ADB, JICA, DfID and several developing country  governments. Peter has also delivered a training session on the CDM at the International Parliamentary Conference on Climate Change in London, which brought together over 100 parliamentarians from across the world. The event was organised by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
 

Publications

Outputs from our research will be submitted to peer-reviewed academic journals.

The Policy Briefing Series summarises key findings from the project in both English and Spanish. Our second policy briefing is available now, Governing Clean Development: What Have We Learnt? [PDF 767 KB]. 

An edited book on the theme of The Governance of Clean Development will also be produced. To see our publications to date and those forthcoming, click here.
    
 

Press coverage:

• Reuters (Bribery, collusion hinder UN carbon scheme)
  
• Bloomberg ('Rich Man' Greenhouse Market Needs Better Governance, UEA Says)
  
• BBC Mundo (Los Mercados de Carbono Están en Crisis; Carbon Markets are in Crisis) (en español, or view using Google Translate)
• More Politics Needed in the CDM, not Less. CDM & JI Monitor, Guest Commentary by Peter Newell (subscription-only, 16 Nov).
  
• International Oil Daily, Carbon Trading Vulnerable to Corruption, UK Researchers Say (subscription-only, 21 Nov)
• IPS News Agency (The Future of Carbon Markets: Taking Politics Seriously; also available in Spanish). Op-Ed by Peter Newell 
• UEA Press Release for London Event: Carbon Markets for the Poor: A Contradiction in Terms?
• ESRC Press Release: UN Emission Market Needs Urgent Reform
• ICIS Heron (UK Study slams the use of the carbon clean development mechanism by fossil fuel companies)  
• Video: The Carbon Con: Investigating the true cost of offsetting, a film from the Ecologist Film Unit, featuring guest comments from Peter Newell.
• Video: Carbon Markets: Trading with our future, an independent film by Heydon Prowse, featuring guest comments from Peter Newell.
• Financial Times: Interactive Guide to Climate Change Institutions, written by Jon Phillips and Peter Newell.