Rural Community Agency in Cameroon: Interactions with Forest Policies and the REDD+ Climate Change Regime

Governance Values in the Climate Change Regime: Stakeholder Perceptions of REDD+ Legitimacy at the National Level

This paper presents the results of two national-level studies of REDD+ governance values in Nepal and Papua New Guinea (PNG), using a hierarchical framework of principles, criteria, and indicators (PC&I), with evaluation at the indicator level. The research was conducted by means of an online survey to determine general perspectives on the governance quality of REDD+, as well as stakeholder wor...

The Relationship between Regime Change and lifestyle Change؛ Case study: US policies towards Iran

 The article addresses the relationship between lifestyle change and change in the political regime which emphasizes the policies of the American government towards the Islamic Republic of Iran. Accordingly, this research aims to answer the main question is that “what is the relationship between lifestyle change and the regime change and how does the US seek to change the political system in Ir...

“Painting the forest REDD?” Prospects for mitigating climate change through reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation

The Place of Community Forest Management in the REDD+ Landscape

Community forest management (CFM) is identified by many actors as a core strategy for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+). Others however see REDD+ as a danger to CFM. In response to these contrasting views, we carried out a systematic review of CFM case studies to look at CFM’s potential role in achieving forest carbon benefits and socia...

Interactions between State and Federal Climate Change Policies

Federal action addressing climate change is likely to emerge either through new legislation or via the U.S. EPA’s authority under the Clean Air Act. The prospect of federal action raises important questions regarding the interconnections between federal efforts and state-level climate policy developments. In the presence of federal policies, to what extent will state efforts be costeffective? H...