Unraveling the Notion of “Fair Carbon”: Key Challenges for Standards Development
基于标准组织对公平碳的界定，审视实现公平碳项目面临的挑战与机遇，并指出知识空白，提出研究议程以探索公平碳的多方含义、标准化治理过程及其在认证碳项目中的影响。
Standards organizations and NGOs have begun to refer to “fair carbon” projects, and “fairly traded” carbon credits. “Fairness” is a fuzzy notion, subject to multiple and competing interpretations. This paper draws on a framing used by standards organizations, which encompasses issues of access and benefits, to critically examine challenges and opportunities for achieving desired “fair” outcomes as discussed in the literature. Arising knowledge gaps are presented as a research agenda that explores what “fair carbon” means to multiple stakeholders; illuminates governance processes through which “fairness” is being standardized; and examines its implications within certified carbon projects.