Biotic Carbon Sequestration and the Kyoto Protocol: The Construction of Global Knowledge by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

@article{Fogel2005BioticCS,
  title={Biotic Carbon Sequestration and the Kyoto 
Protocol: The Construction of Global Knowledge by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change},
  author={Cathleen Fogel},
  journal={International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics},
  year={2005},
  volume={5},
  pages={191-210}
}
  • Cathleen Fogel
  • Published 1 June 2005
  • Business
  • International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics
This paper explores the dynamics of the production of global knowledge by an international knowledge organization, in this case the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Based on previous notions of international boundary organizations, the idea of international knowledge organizations emphasizes the knowledge generation function of such organizations rather than their convening function. Using the case of controversial Kyoto Protocol biotic carbon sequestration policies, I argue that… 
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