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A review of the CDM literature: from fine-tuning to critical scrutiny?

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Author

  • Emma Lund

Summary, in English

As negotiations on the post-2012 climate regime are now taking off, it is time to look back and assess the experiences of the clean development mechanism (CDM) to this date. The CDM has been subject to extensive discussion in academic literature during the last few years, and this article reviews that literature in order to sum up its main themes. A common assessment is that the current structure of the CDM leads to a focus on cheap

emissions reductions at the expense of sustainable development benefits for the host countries. Recently, the questionable additionality of many CDM projects has become a central issue. The article further argues that whereas a substantial body of work exists on the CDM, this work is mainly preoccupied with a ‘fine-tuning’ of the mechanism. As the CDM now becomes increasingly institutionalized, scholars should also take a step back and study the CDM in a more theoretically oriented way.

Publishing year

2009

Language

English

Pages

63-80

Publication/Series

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics

Volume

9

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Political Science

Keywords

  • Kyoto ProtocolClean development mechanismReviewAdditionalityCost effectivenessSustainable developmentPost-2012

Status

Published

Project

  • ClimateColl - Effektiv klimatsamverkan för ren utveckling

Research group

  • Miljöpolitik

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1573-1553