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Protocol and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The results from this study indicate that the Kyoto obligations have a … effects of CDM projects on emissions. …
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development of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) under the global environmental treaty – the Kyoto Protocol – has brought with … this nascent market. It is found that while producing carbon credits, CDM projects also have the potential to bring … as access to new markets – to African host countries. If changes are implemented as suggested, the CDM has the potential …
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The present thesis focuses on the definition of potential Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (or other successor … is completed by an overview of the current CDM characteristics, not only through a comparison with other financial flows … the current impacts on host countries’ economic growth. At last, the thesis presents an overview of the current CDM …
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The CDM plays an important role in the international GHG reduction activities. However, the distribution of CDM … identify the determinants of CDM project hosting in order to suggest potential measures for LDCs based on empirical evidence … the private sector, have positive impacts on hosting CDM projects. This paper, therefore, denotes that the effective way …
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The CDM has promoted GHG reduction activities in developing countries. There is, however, a controversial issue of an … unequal distribution of CDM benefits among developing nations. To date, some emerging economies have been receiving the … that CDM activities in LDCs have been implemented against the principle of market mechanism. Ultimately, this paper …
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Without effective developing country participation in climate mitigation it will be impossible to meet global concentration and climate change targets. However, developing countries are unwilling and, in many cases, unable to bear the mitigation cost alone. They need huge transfers of resources...
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The CDM seems to play a significant role in international GHG reduction activities. Yet, a few emerging countries have … hosted majority of CDM projects whereas most LDCs have not hosted CDM projects at all. Given the current distributional … imbalance, this study aims to identify determinants of CDM project hosting based on an empirical analysis using the tobit model …
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We review claims about the potential for carbon markets that link both payments for carbon services and poverty levels to ongoing rates of tropical deforestation. We then examine these effects empirically for Costa Rica during the 20th century using an econometric approach that addresses the...
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This paper provides a review of the literature on competitiveness and leakage concerns associated with differentiated climate abatement commitments among countries. The literature reviewed is not exhausted, but it is sufficient to provide a balanced view of both academics and policy circles....
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This paper proposes a new tool to assess sustainability and make the concept of sustainable development operational. It considers its multi-dimensional structure combining the information deriving from a selection of relevant sustainability indicators belonging to economic, social and...
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