Extraction and development: fossil fuel production narratives and counternarratives in Colombia
| Autor: | Ana Carolina González Espinosa, Claudia Strambo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Atmospheric Science
Global and Planetary Change 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences business.industry Fossil fuel Climate change social sciences 010501 environmental sciences Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Management Monitoring Policy and Law 01 natural sciences Extractivism Economy Political science parasitic diseases mental disorders population characteristics Production (economics) Coal Narrative business geographic locations 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| DOI: | 10.6084/m9.figshare.11806182.v1 |
| Popis: | Colombia, a country that is very vulnerable to climate change, has played a positive role in international climate negotiations. Paradoxically, Colombia is also the sixth largest coal exporter globally, and its government has adopted policies to further increase the country’s production of coal and other fossil fuels. This article explores to what extent the national government reproduces a powerful paradigm – namely, that fossil fuel extraction is necessary for development – and how this resonates at the sub-national level. We find that the government’s narrative has evolved to accommodate Colombia’s changing national circumstances and public criticism. Though counternarratives exist, they have struggled to propose credible nationwide alternatives to extractive-based development, thus reinforcing the belief that extraction-based development is unavoidable. We describe how government narratives constitute an obstacle to both supply-side policies to restrict fossil fuel development and to transitional assistance policies to adjust to shifts in the global coal market. Key policy insightsThe view that fossil fuel extraction is necessary for development is a powerful barrier to supply – side climate policy.This view also hinders the formulation of transitional assistance policy.Empirical evidence that fossil fuel extraction seldom leads to equitable development is not enough to overcome this view.Narratives on fossil fuel-based development continuously adjust to prevailing economic development paradigms and contemporary development challenges. The view that fossil fuel extraction is necessary for development is a powerful barrier to supply – side climate policy. This view also hinders the formulation of transitional assistance policy. Empirical evidence that fossil fuel extraction seldom leads to equitable development is not enough to overcome this view. Narratives on fossil fuel-based development continuously adjust to prevailing economic development paradigms and contemporary development challenges. |
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