Sustainable development benefits of clean development mechanism projects

Olsen, Karen Holm; Fenhann, Jørgen Villy

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2008.02.039

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“…A text analysis of the PDDs was made, categorizing the statements using a set of 10 indicators used by UNFCCC (2012b), which was built using inputs, among the others, from Alexeew et al (2010), Olsen & Fenhann (2008), Sutter & Parreño (2007). The indicators cover the economic, environmental, and social development dimensions of sustainable development (Tab.…”

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“…There is still no universally accepted definition to determine whether a CDM project will contribute to sustainable development (Chomitz 2000, Jung 2005, UNFCCC 2012b. Given this lack of an agreed operational definition on how to assess the CDM contribution to sustainable development, according to UNFCCC (2012b), two types of assesment are possible on a project-byproject basis: (1) "how" a CDM project contributes to sustainable development; and (2) "how much" a CDM project contributes to sustainable development (Olsen & Fenhann 2008, UNFCCC 2012b.…”

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An overview of Italian participation in afforestation and reforestation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism

Corradini¹,

Brotto²,

Ciccarese³

et al. 2016

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In order to meet its Kyoto Protocol commitment targets, the Italian Government has made relevant investments in forest projects in developing countries through the Clean Development Mechanism. This paper investigates the Italian participated afforestation/reforestation (A/R) projects under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol, by considering the countries hosting forestry projects, the project areas, the estimated emission reductions, the use of tree species (native/non-native), the issuance of Carbon credits, and the projects' contribution to sustainable development and technology transfer in general, as stated by the "Project Design Document" of each project. This study utilizes the "Project Design Documents" and "Monitoring Reports" of the registered projects in the United Nations Convention on Climate Change database and data from the BioCarbon Fund database. Results show that, in terms of number of projects, the A/R sector is a prominent component of the Italian CDM portfolio. The financing of the 16 projects by the Italian government, with a total of about 65 k ha planted and an estimated emission reductions of about 556 k tCO2 eq per year, are based on criteria that differ substantially from the ongoing policy adopted for domestic forest interventions.

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An overview of Italian participation in afforestation and reforestation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism

Corradini¹,

Brotto²,

Ciccarese³

et al. 2016

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“…Some sustainability assessments that focus on the long-term effectiveness of benefits do not consider additional negative or positive impacts within the social, economic and environmental dimension [43]. Other methods take into account all three pillars of sustainability but in an unbalanced way by giving the social dimension more weight or by not using quantifiable indicators [25,[44][45][46]. In contrast, other frameworks use indicators stemming from the three pillars of sustainability but do not take into account the long-term effectiveness of the project or the impacts during each life cycle phase of an innovation [24,37,38].…”

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Methodological Approach for the Sustainability Assessment of Development Cooperation Projects for Built Innovations Based on the SDGs and Life Cycle Thinking

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This paper describes a methodological approach for a sustainability assessment of development cooperation projects. Between the scientific disciplines there is no agreement on the term of "sustainability". Whereas the definition of sustainability within the context of development cooperation frequently highlights the long-term success of an intervention, the United Nations herald the inclusion of social, economic and environmental aspects. This paper proposes to bridge this gap by providing an analytical framework that uses nine impact category groups based on thematic priorities of sustainable development derived from the Sustainable Development Goals. Additionally, the long-term effectiveness of a project is taken into consideration. These impact category groups comprise the analytical framework, which is investigated by the Life Cycle Assessment and an indicator-based analysis. These data are obtained through empirical social research and the LCA inventory. The underlying concept is based on life cycle thinking. Taking up a multi-cycle model this study establishes two life cycles: first, the project management life cycle; and, second, the life cycle of a project's innovation. The innovation's life cycle is identified to have the greatest impact on the target region and the local people and is consequently of primary interest. This methodological approach enables an ex-post sustainability assessment of a built innovation of a development cooperation project and is tested on a case study on Improved Cooking Stoves in Bangladesh.

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“…The checklist has been applied to one national development strategy ( In checklist approaches, assessment is done qualitatively (Olsen and Fenhann, 2008) and quality is best measured on an ordinal scale (Batschelet, 1979). Answers to the questions are scored on a three-point ad hoc ordinal scale (Forrest and Bjorn, 1986), where 1 stands for 'issue not mentioned', 2 for 'issue mentioned but not elaborated' and 3 for 'issue elaborated'.…”

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Assessing social and environmental links in development strategies for Cameroon: A process approach to sustainability

Ngouana¹,

Evouna²,

Bitando³

2015

Ethiop. J. Env Stud & Manag

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Sustainable development benefits of clean development mechanism projects

Cited by 168 publications

References 6 publications

An overview of Italian participation in afforestation and reforestation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism

An overview of Italian participation in afforestation and reforestation projects under the Clean Development Mechanism

Methodological Approach for the Sustainability Assessment of Development Cooperation Projects for Built Innovations Based on the SDGs and Life Cycle Thinking

Assessing social and environmental links in development strategies for Cameroon: A process approach to sustainability

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