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KATE ERVINE

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Copyright Kate Ervine 2018

The right of Kate Ervine to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

First published in 2018 by Polity Press

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ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-0115-1

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ervine, Kate, author.
Title: Carbon / Kate Ervine.
Description: Cambridge, UK : Polity Press, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018004919 (print) | LCCN 2018013626 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509501151 (Epub) | ISBN 9781509501113 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509501120 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Carbon--Environmental aspects. | Carbon dioxide mitigation. | Carbon offsetting. | Carbon offsetting--Political aspects. | Emissions trading--Political aspects.
Classification: LCC QD181.C1 (ebook) | LCC QD181.C1 E78 2018 (print) | DDC 363.738/74--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018004919

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For Sasha, Sebastian, and Gavin

Writing a book is never an independent endeavour and much is owed to those who have helped in the process. Many thanks to Amr El-Alfy and Janet Music for the excellent research assistance they provided, to two anonymous reviewers for their insightful feedback, and to Gavin Fridell for taking the time to read and comment on the manuscript. I am grateful to Louise Knight and Nekane Tanaka Galdos at Polity Press for their superb and patient editorial assistance, and to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Saint Marys University for supporting various aspects of my research. I owe an immense debt to the many individuals who have graciously offered their time as participants in my research on emissions trading and global carbon markets and which has helped to shape, in so many ways, how I think about carbon. To those organizations and groups here in Nova Scotia that are working tirelessly on issues of carbon, climate change, and justice, including the Affordable Energy Coalition, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, and the Ecology Action Centre, an immense thank you for refusing to accept business as usual, and for allowing me to join you in your work. On a more personal note, I am thankful for the friendship and scholarly support I have received from Claudia De Fuentes, Aldona Wiacek, and Lyuba Zhyznomirska; our collective writing strategies were instrumental in helping to get the job done. I remain deeply grateful to my parents, Bernadette and Harold, for their support and encouragement in all that I do, and to my sister Shawna for her friendship and for all the laughs. Most importantly, I want to thank Gavin for his unwavering support and encouragement every step of the way, and Sasha and Sebastian, for the love and joy they bring to life. As I watch them grow, I am constantly reminded of the intergenerational threat that is catastrophic climate change. It is for them and all those who deserve a better world that I write this book. Any omissions or errors are my responsibility alone.

Halifax, 2018