Working Paper n°2016-02
Varieties of carbon voluntarism in contemporary capitalism
Louison Cahen-Fourot
Membre du CEPN – Université Paris 13
louison.cahen-fourot [at] univ-paris13.fr
Septembre 2016
Abstract
We investigate national greenhouse gases mitigation objectives, labeled as carbon voluntarism, in the context of contemporary globalized finance-led capitalism. Using principal components analysis and clustering, we delineate a typology of OECD and BRICS countries from the standpoint of the assumed underpinnings of carbon voluntarism: the productive structure …[Lire la suite]