Words Matter in the Woods

This dissertation applies argumentative discourse analysis to explore the role of tropical deforestation in global climate politics. The empirical focus is on the negotiations on a UN-based incentive-based mechanism called REDD+, which stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation. This mechanism has over the past ten years grown to become a key element of the - UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as well as omnipresent in global forest governance. Based