This introductory article explores the multiple synergies between international practice
theory and diplomatic studies. The timing for this cross-fertilizing exchange could not be …

Political economy approaches across the social sciences provide powerful explanations for
important dynamics within the global response to climate change. This article discusses in …

Scholars of environmental politics demand serious reform of international governance and
institutions to protect planet Earth. There is therefore an urgent need to discuss what causes …

The last decade has seen a wave of forest carbon projects across the world, many in Africa.
These have been a response to the pressing challenges of climate change mitigation …

To investigate the 'promiscuous history'of the efficiency of emissions trading markets, I draw
from Actor Network Theory and specifically the work of Bruno Latour, highlighting how the …

The International Relations (IR) literature has strongly criticised the invasive and top-down
nature of liberal peace, facilitating a reinterpretation of the practice of international …

Proponents as well as critics of carbon trading underestimate the institutional and political
underpinnings of evolving carbon markets. Based on institutionalist approaches, this paper …

Standards for carbon accounting are a core element of environmental governance. We study
the production of standards as situated and practical action, which is shaped by …

Market‐based interventions to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation (REDD+) enable the carbon stored in land and forests to be traded as a new …

Following the rapid development of carbon markets, little attention has been devoted to what
precisely is being traded. Some authors have speculated that carbon can be considered as …