The legitimacy of biofuel certification
The legitimacy of biofuel certification
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生物燃料认证的合法性
DOI：
10.1007/s10460-009-9235-4
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发表时间：
2011
影响因子：
4.5
通讯作者：
Lena Partzsch
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作者：
Lena Partzsch
生物燃料的繁荣对现有的种植系统提出了巨大的要求，对农业食品部门产生了最重要的影响。生物燃料行业正在通过启动私人治理和认证作出回应。可持续棕榈油圆桌会议和克拉默委员会等机构制定了“可持续”生物燃料生产和加工标准。本文探讨了私人治理和生物燃料行业认证的合法性，强调了机遇和挑战。它认为，基于产出的合法性的概念是有问题的，在生物燃料的情况下，只要没有共识或共同商定的“最佳”解决方案已经建立什么是可持续的生物燃料生产。此外，它还表明，所分析的私营治理举措未能充分包括发展中国家的行为者。最后，文章认为，我们需要控制和问责机制，以保证生物燃料认证的政治输出服务于共同福利。
The biofuel boom is placing enormous demands on existing cropping systems, with the most crucial consequences in the agri-food sector. The biofuel industry is responding by initiating private governance and certification. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and the Cramer Commission, among others, have formulated criteria on “sustainable” biofuel production and processing. This article explores the legitimacy of private governance and certification by the biofuel industry, highlighting opportunities and challenges. It argues that the concept of output based legitimacy is problematic in the case of biofuel as long as no consensus or commonly agreed “best” solution has been established on what sustainable biofuel production is. Furthermore, it shows that the private governance initiatives analyzed fail to adequately include actors from developing countries. Finally, the article argues that we need mechanisms for control and accountability in order to guarantee that the political output of biofuel certification serves the common welfare.