Does the current Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) deliver its sustainable development claim? An analysis of officially registered CDM projects

By Christopher Sutter, Juan Carlos Parreño. 2007

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering

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Greening Capitalism? A Marxist Critique of Carbon Markets (2012, background): “…in 2007, they reported that there were ‘currently no UNFCCC registered CDM projects that are likely to fulfill the Kyoto Protocol’s twofold objective of simultaneously delivering greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction and contributing to sustainable development’ (Sutter & Parreño, 2007, p. 75).”
Climate-Resilient Pathways: Adaptation, Mitigation, and Sustainable Development (2014, methodology): “For example, after examining 16 existing CDM projects around the world, Sutter and Parreno (2007) found that whereas they could meet 72% of their emissions reduction goals, fewer than 1% might actually contribute significantly to sustainable development in the host country.”
Toward a different debate in environmental accounting: The cases of carbon and cost–benefit (2009, background): “Even the most staunch supporters of the accounting procedures involved were commonly admitting by 2007 that a quarter (Sutter & Parreñ o, 2007), a half (Schlup, 2005) or more of all CDM projects were business as usual.”
Evolution of international carbon markets: lessons for the Paris Agreement (2019, methodology): “…period was now assessed empirically and supported by a text analysis of 744 PDDs submitted until May 2006 (Olsen & Fenhann, 2008), an assessment of 40 projects from India (Alexeew et al., 2010), and small samples of 16 (Sutter & Parreño, 2007) and 10 projects (Boyd et al., 2009), respectively.”
Experiences of host communities with carbon market projects: towards multi-level climate justice (2014, background): “Desk-based analyses of CDM projects (Olsen, 2007; Sirohi, 2007; Subbarao & Lloyd, 2011; Sutter & Parreño, 2007), as well as case studies of CDM projects (Böhm & Dabhi, 2009; Boyd et al., 2009; da Cunha, Walter, & Rei, 2007), have concluded that they have often failed to contribute to local…”
Co-Benefits and Additionality of the Clean Development Mechanism: An Empirical Analysis (2011, neutral): “The Clean Development Mechanism is the only " flexible mechanism " under the Kyoto Protocol that engages developing countries in climate mitigation.”
On the contribution of labelled Certified Emission Reductions to sustainable development: A multi-criteria evaluation of CDM projects (2009, background): “Sutter and Parreño, 2007), a number of CDM projects, including some already approved, are under-performing in terms of contribution to local sustainable development criteria.”
Reforming the CDM for sustainable development: lessons learned and policy futures. (2009, background): “In another study, Sutter and Parreño (2007) again use PDDs to review the integrity of emissions reductions and the sustainable development contribution of the first 16 registered CDM projects.”
Accumulation by Decarbonization and the Governance of Carbon Offsets (2008, background): “These characteristics are now beginning to be explored in more depth (cf. Jung 2006; Sutter and Parreño 2007), but with little attention to the political economy of where carbon emissions are reduced, how they are converted to marketable commodities, and where they are consumed.”