Soil carbon markets for climate change mitigation? Pragmatic economists and matters of concern
Chi‐Mao Wang, Julie Ingram, Philippa Simmonds, Damian Maye
🤖 gxceed AI 要約
日本語
本論文は、台湾と英国の比較研究を通じて、土壌炭素市場が気候変動緩和の手段としてどのように構築されているかを分析する。特に、科学知識と測定技術を翻訳し、市場を具体化する「プラグマティック経済学者」の役割に焦点を当てる。彼らの実践は、市場形成を状況依存的で関係的なプロセスとして明らかにし、環境市場の政治経済学と炭素隔離の社会的に公正なガバナンスに重要な示唆を与える。
English
Through comparative research in Taiwan and the United Kingdom, this paper examines how soil carbon markets are actively constructed as climate mitigation instruments. It highlights the critical role of 'pragmatic economists' who translate scientific knowledge, assemble measurement infrastructures, and align diverse interests. The findings reveal marketization as a situated, relational process and advance debates on the political economy of environmental markets, emphasizing the need for socially just governance of soil carbon.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本では、J-クレジット制度など土壌炭素関連のカーボン・クレジット市場が注目されている。本論文が明らかにする市場構築のメカニズムと課題（科学知の翻訳、ガバナンスの分断、利害調整）は、日本における土壌炭素市場の設計・運営にとって貴重な教訓を提供する。
In the global GX context
Globally, soil carbon markets are gaining traction but face implementation challenges. This paper provides a nuanced understanding of how these markets are practically constructed, revealing the hidden work of intermediaries. It offers critical insights for policymakers and practitioners worldwide seeking to design effective and equitable carbon market mechanisms, moving beyond simplistic economic models.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:The paper advances the political economy of environmental markets and carbon accounting by theorizing the role of 'pragmatic economists' as key mediators in market construction.
🏢実務担当者:Organizations involved in developing soil carbon projects can gain insights into the social and technical complexities, including stakeholder alignment and infrastructure needs.
🏛政策担当者:Policymakers should consider the distributed agency and potential power imbalances in carbon market implementation, and integrate reflexive governance to ensure fairness and effectiveness.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Soil carbon markets are increasingly promoted as climate mitigation instruments, yet their emergence is uneven, contested, and shaped by complex socio-technical configurations. Through comparative research in Taiwan and the United Kingdom, this paper examines how these markets are actively constructed rather than pre-given, highlighting the critical but often overlooked role of mediators whom we conceptualise as pragmatic economists. Drawing on interviews, workshops, and stakeholder mapping, we show how pragmatic economists translate scientific and metrological knowledge, assemble infrastructures for measurement and certification, and align agricultural, policy, and commercial interests. Their practices extend but also complicate Callon’s concept of economists in the wild, revealing marketisation as a situated, relational, and performative process. Across both sites, we identify key matters of concern, including scientific simplification, fragmented governance, unequal power relations, and new dependencies between farmers and mediators. By foregrounding pragmatic economists, the paper advances debates on the political economy of environmental markets and underscores the need for more reflexive, ecologically attentive, and socially just approaches to governing soil carbon within wider decarbonisation strategies.
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