The politics of carbon disclosure as climate governance

摘要

The evolution of carbon disclosure invites a critical assessment of its possibilities and limitations as a mode of governance. First, how does carbon disclosure operate as a process, in terms of the influence and interests of various actors? Second, is it effective at achieving the environmental goal of reducing emissions? The business and financial actors who thrive most directly on carbon financialization and disclosure hold a privileged position in the field of carbon governance, and enjoy increasing influence in structuring carbon reporting standards and information systems (Bumpus and Liverman, 2008).