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Marketing Linkages: Secretariat Governance of the Climate-Biodiversity Interface

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  • Sikina Jinnah

    (Sikina Jinnah is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the School of International Service at American University. Her recent work has been published in Berkeley Journal of International Law Publicist, Environmental Research Letters, Global Environmental Politics, Georgetown International Environmental Law Review, and Science Magazine.)

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In this article I argue that, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), led by its autonomously entrepreneurial Executive Secretary, influences overlap management by strategically linking biodiversity and climate change issues. Specifically, the Secretariat marketed (filtered, framed, and reiterated) strategic frames of the biodiversity-climate change interface that reframed biodiversity from a passive victim of climate impacts, to an active player in climate response measures (i.e. adaptation). This reframing is significant in that a major hurdle to selling the benefits of biodiversity conservation to countries with more pressing development concerns has been the perceived limited relevance of conservation to human well-being. In emphasizing biodiversity's role in human adaptation and security, the Secretariat has begun to shape member state discourse surrounding the biodiversity-climate change linkage. Ultimately aimed at enriching our emerging theoretical understanding of the role of international bureaucracies in global governance, this article illuminates: (1) how the Secretariat understands and manages biodiversity-climate linkages; (2) the origins of the Secretariat's understanding and activities surrounding this issue; and (3) how Secretariat participation in overlap management is beginning to influence CBD political processes and outcomes. © 2011 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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  • Sikina Jinnah, 2011. "Marketing Linkages: Secretariat Governance of the Climate-Biodiversity Interface," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 11(3), pages 23-43, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:tpr:glenvp:v:11:y:2011:i:3:p:23-43
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    1. Nina Kolleck & Mareike Well & Severin Sperzel & Helge Jörgens, 2017. "The Power of Social Networks: How the UNFCCC Secretariat Creates Momentum for Climate Education," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 17(4), pages 106-126, November.
    2. Linda Mederake & Barbara Saerbeck & Alexandra Goritz & Helge Jörgens & Mareike Well & Nina Kolleck, 2022. "Cultivated ties and strategic communication: do international environmental secretariats tailor information to increase their bureaucratic reputation?," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 481-506, September.
    3. Barbara Saerbeck & Mareike Well & Helge Jörgens & Alexandra Goritz & Nina Kolleck, 2020. "Brokering Climate Action: The UNFCCC Secretariat Between Parties and Nonparty Stakeholders," Global Environmental Politics, MIT Press, vol. 20(2), pages 105-127, May.
    4. Chenaz B. Seelarbokus, 2014. "Assessing the Effectiveness of International Environmental Agreements (IEAs)," SAGE Open, , vol. 4(1), pages 21582440145, February.
    5. Joshua Philipp Elsässer & Thomas Hickmann & Sikina Jinnah & Sebastian Oberthür & Thijs Graaf, 2022. "Institutional interplay in global environmental governance: lessons learned and future research," International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 22(2), pages 373-391, June.

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