The future of carbon accounting research: “we’ve pissed mother nature off, big time”

Delphine Gibassier; Giovanna Michelon; Mélodie Cartel

doi:10.1108/sampj-02-2020-0028

The future of carbon accounting research: “we’ve pissed mother nature off, big time”

Delphine Gibassier, Giovanna Michelon, Mélodie Cartel

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Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to review the contributions of the special issue papers while presenting four broad research avenues.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper is based on a review of current literature on climate change and carbon accounting.

Findings
The authors propose four broad avenues for research: climate change as a systemic and social issue, the multi-layered transition apparatus for climate change, climate vulnerability and the future of carbon accounting.

Practical implications
The authors connect this study with the requested institutional changes for climate breakdown, making the paper relevant for practice and policy. The authors notably point to education and professions as institutions that will request bold and urgent makeovers.

Social implications
The authors urge academics to reconsider climate change as a social issue, requiring to use new theoretical lenses such as emotions, eco-feminism, material politics and “dispositifs” to tackle this grand challenge.

Originality/value
This paper switches the authors’ viewpoint on carbon accounting to look at it from a more systemic and social lens.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	477 - 485
Number of pages	9
Journal	Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal
Volume	11
Issue number	3
Early online date	11 Mar 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1108/sampj-02-2020-0028
Publication status	Published - 23 Apr 2020

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SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 13 Climate Action

Research Groups and Themes

AF Accountability Sustainability and Governance

Keywords

carbon accounting
system thinking
avoided emissions
science-based targets
climate breakdown
climate vulnerability

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The future of carbon accounting research: “we’ve pissed mother nature off, big time”

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