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NOTES234 In the UK, for example, the Carbon Reduction Commitment is a complexcap-and-trade scheme for UK commercial and retail companies (plus largepublic sector organisations) not currently covered by the EU trading scheme,with auctioning of permits and revenue recycled according to an obscureformula. Much of the emissions reduction will come about anyway under newbuilding regulations. Although the scheme will draw the issue to the attentionof CEOs, the same result could arguably have been achieved simply by passinga few statutory regulations on carbon emissions, or knocking a few headstogether in boardrooms (Matthew Lockwood, IPPR, personal communication).235 The 2001 Third Assessment Report was prepared by 122 co-ordinating leadauthors and lead authors, 515 contributing authors, 21 review editors, and 337expert reviewers. www.ipccfacts.org/how.html236 K. Hamilton (2005) Business and post-2012: A Political Analysis.237 M. Hertsgaaard ‘While Washington slept’, Vanity Fair, May 2006.238 The Investor Network on Climate Risk, which represents more than $4 trillionin assets managed by 65 institutional investors, lobbies governments to requiremore rigorous disclosure of emissions and other information by companies.The Carbon Disclosure Project, whose members have an extraordinary$41 trillion under management (close to the value of global GDP) seeksinformation on the business risks and opportunities presented by climatechange and greenhouse gas emissions data from the world’s largest companies– 2,400 in 2007.239 See, for example, B. Lomborg (2006).240 R. King (2007).241 J. Diamond (2005).ANNEX: HOW CHANGE HAPPENS1 A. Hochschild (2005).2 See also DFID’s ‘Drivers of Change’ work: www.gsdrc.org/go/topic-guides/drivers-of-change3 There are many alternative frameworks for analysing change in morespecialised areas, such as gender (see C. March et al. 1999), sustainablelivelihoods (see www.livelihoods.org/info/info_guidancesheets.html),or markets. For a summary of frameworks for analysing political context,see R. Nash et al. (2006).4 M. Gladwell (2000).5 P. Collier (2007).6 D. Reeler (undated).7 R. Krznaric (2007).8 Matthew Lockwood, personal communication.471