Opening the black box: carbon-footprint calculators, meat consumption, and the 'wicked problem' of metric governance
| Autor: | E. Melanie DuPuis, Dustin Mulvaney |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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| Zdroj: | Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy, Vol 20, Iss 1 (2024) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 15487733 1548-7733 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/15487733.2024.2390232 |
| Popis: | Carbon-footprint calculators are widely used as communication and education tools, designed to make people aware of the ways their personal actions contribute to greenhouse-gas emissions. However, they have come under criticism for emphasizing individual behavior versus structural change. We extend this critique to argue that carbon-footprint calculators are a form of “metric governance” that not only disciplines users but also constrains their abilities to engage with the complexities of climate change and social action. We focus on a particularly wicked problem of carbon-metric governance: livestock greenhouse-gas emissions. We show that carbon-footprint calculators black box and fix the complex politics and uncertainties around livestock-emissions metrics, thereby inhibiting users’ abilities to engage as deliberative subjects in the “wicked problem” of climate governance. |
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