CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2008
| Author | Trulikova, Veronika |
|---|---|
| Title | Beyond Kyoto: Instrumental Reason and Its Critique in the Context of Selected Instruments and Commitments of the Post-2012 Climate Architecture |
| Summary | This thesis seeks to analyze the Clean Development Mechanism as one of three Kyoto flexible mechanisms that together with a quantitative binding emission reduction commitment constitute the cornerstone of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which counts as a backbone of current climate architecture. The goal of this conceptual analysis is to understand why the Clean Development Mechanism has failed so far to a great extent to deliver the positive developmental and environmental effects that it was designed for and why, in some cases it has actually contributed to degradation of environmental or human conditions. The theoretical framework of the analysis draws heavily of Andrew Feenberg’s two-level critique of instrumental reason. However, in order to grasp the particularities of environmental problematique more appropriately, Feenebrg’s critique has been expanded and layered with insights from the Green Political Theory and Social Constructivist Studies in Science and Technology. Following this layered and expanded theoretical framework, the thesis offers three possible answers and outlines solutions that may help to address the Clean Development Mechanism’s goals better in the post-2012 climate architecture |
| Supervisor | Astrov Alexander |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2008/trulikova_veronika.pdf |
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