Can the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) deliver?

Subbarao, Srikanth; Lloyd, Bob

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2010.12.036

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“…This is also supported by Subbarao and Lloyd (2011) based on the analysis of 500 small scale renewable energy projects. However, the authors of the first study do not look at empirical evidence for whether the SD benefits listed in the PDDs have actually been achieved, whereas the authors of the second study find only marginal SD benefits when conducting empirical case studies.…”

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“…The authors also find that a strengthening of CDM rules to improve environmental integrity led to lower investments in environmentally friendly technologies due to increased uncertainty. Overall, the literature in this field questions the ability of the CDM mechanism to deliver significant contributions to sustainable development (see for example Subbarao and Lloyd 2011;Bumpus and Cole 2010;Liverman 2009;Ellis et al 2007). Haya (2009) even argues that SD contributions are in some cases negative, as the CDM mechanism can improve the profitability of projects that have negative impacts in terms of environment or social aspects.…”

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“…3;Sutter and Parreño 2007;Paulsson 2009). This has led scholars to suggest several ways in which an international standard could be introduced in order to have a universal framework for assessing CDM projects' contribution to SD (Olsen & Fenhann 2008;Sutter 2003;Thorne & La Rovere 1999 Subbarao and Lloyd (2011) have suggested that a greater participation of community in conception of small-scale renewable energy projects can help achieve both the objectives simultaneously. Since many of these projects substitute inefficient subsistence energy use, additionality of emission reductions is less questionable.…”

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A two-track CDM: improved incentives for sustainable development and offset production

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The literature assessing the performance of the CDM shows that the mechanism is weak with regard to sustainable development and problematic with regard to offset production. One explanation for weak performance is the difficulty of combining sustainable development with offset production in many CDM projects. Many of the proposals to address these drawbacks face the challenge of political feasibility. This paper argues that a way forward is to split the CDM into a two-track mechanism, with one track for offset production and the other for offset production with emphasis on sustainable development benefits.

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“…Contudo não tem sido fácil mensurar o desenvolvimento sustentável (DS) a partir de cobenefícios, dado que, até o momento, não há um consenso sobre ferramentas e métodos para determinação e avaliação dos mesmos (e seus intrínsecos critérios e indicadores), o que abre espaço para uma diversidade de instrumentos de medição e interpretação (Boyd et al, 2009;Jung, 2006). Não obstante esta dificuldade de mensuração é crescente o número de pesquisas que vêm afirmando a possibilidade de que projetos de mitigação promovam desenvolvimento local ao adotar estratégias como a aquisição de matéria-prima e contratação de mão de obra local, e outros instrumentos de redução de pobreza e melhoria de qualidade de vida (Crowe, 2013;Subbarao & Lloyd, 2011).…”

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“…Assim, seriam uma estratégia ganha-ganha para gerar desenvolvimento para o país proponente e benefícios climáticos em uma única medida (Miyatsuka & Zusman, 2012). A cada dia, novas pesquisas vêm afirmando o potencial de projetos para além da mitigação de GEE, tendo-os como estratégias importantes para a redução da pobreza (Anderson, 2011;Crowe, 2013) e como mecanismos a serem considerados para a garantia de desenvolvimento em âmbito local, mesmo frente a um cenário de mudanças climáticas (Fernández, Sota, Andrade, Lumbreras, & Mazorra, 2014;Subbarao & Lloyd, 2011).…”

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Mercado Voluntário de Carbono: Análises de Cobenefícios de Projetos Brasileiros

Paiva¹,

Fernández

Ventura³

et al. 2015

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Este estudo apresenta resultados parciais de uma pesquisa que teve por objetivo identificar e analisar os cobenefícios em prol do desenvolvimento sustentável de projetos do mercado voluntário de carbono no Brasil para além da redução de gases de efeito estufa. Para tanto, foram realizadas pesquisas exploratórias, análise documental e estudos de casos ilustrativos, tendo como base a matriz analítica construída a partir de estudos da United Nations Framework Conventions on Climate Change (UNFCCC) sobre cobenefícios oriundos do mercado regulado de carbono. Os resultados revelaram que dois dos quatro projetos analisados apresentaram maiores avanços na promoção do desenvolvimento sustentável, o que difere dos achados da UNFCCC (2011) e de Boyd et al (2009). O resultado parcial sinaliza maior potencial do mercado voluntário em comparação ao mercado regulado de carbono para contribuição ao desenvolvimento sustentável em âmbito local, dada sua maior flexibilidade e a diversidade de atores, assim como a exigência, por parte de alguns padrões de certificação, da demonstração do alcance dos cobenefícios declarados. Ademais, notou-se que alguns cobenefícios estimulam a ocorrência de outros nas localidades onde se desenvolvem e que os projetos com melhores contribuições estavam registrados em padrões de certificação que exigem o atendimento a indicadores que vão além da redução de emissão de gases de efeito estufa.

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Mitigating carbon emissions through sustainable aviation fuels: costs and potential

Capaz

Guida

Seabra

et al. 2020

Biofuels Bioprod Bioref

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In general, the certified pathways for the production of sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) are still far from being competitive with fossil kerosene, although they have the potential to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, the mitigation costs related to SAFs and how they compete with the carbon credits market remain unclear. The present study addressed these issues, evaluating SAF pathways based on hydrotreatment (HEFA process) of soybean oil, palm oil, used cooking oil (UCO) and beef tallow; dehydration and oligomerization of ethanol (ATJ technology) obtained from sugarcane, lignocellulosic residues, and steel off‐gases; and the thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic residues using the Fischer–Tropsch (FT) process and hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL). Residue‐based pathways had lower mitigation costs. Used cooking oil / HEFA had the lowest value (185 USD tCO2e−1), followed by the thermochemical conversion of forestry residues (234–263 USD tCO2e−1). Of the 1G pathways, SAF production from 1G sugarcane ethanol (SC‐1G/ATJ) performed better (495 USD tCO2e−1) than oil‐based ones. In comparison with the carbon market, the mitigation costs of SAFs are much higher than the current prices or even future ones. However, several concerns about the credibility of the emission units and their effective mitigation effects indicate that SAFs could play an important role in aviation sector goals. Considering the potential of supplying SAF and mitigating emissions, SC‐1G/ATJ was suggested as a preferred alternative in the short term. Of the residue‐based pathways, tallow / HEFA and FT of forestry residues are suggested as strategic alternatives. © 2020 The Authors. Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biorefining published by Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

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Can the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) deliver?

Cited by 98 publications

References 14 publications

A two-track CDM: improved incentives for sustainable development and offset production

A two-track CDM: improved incentives for sustainable development and offset production

Mercado Voluntário de Carbono: Análises de Cobenefícios de Projetos Brasileiros

Mitigating carbon emissions through sustainable aviation fuels: costs and potential

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