The Legitimacy of Certification Standards in Climate Change Governance

摘要: This article explores the role of two private steering mechanisms, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Climate, Community Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA), in REDD+, climate change mitigation policy that aims to avoid deforestation forest degradation developing countries. It does so by analyzing input output legitimacy certification standards at global level, national local levels Peru. The findings show an increasing interest among REDD+ actors using these standards, a relatively large number Peruvian projects are certified FSC or CCBA. also suggest intrinsic linkages between CCBA within single governance across different scales. demonstrates added value studying instruments, such as CCBA, specific context REDD+. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd ERP Environment.