The clean development mechanism’s contribution to sustainable development: a review of the literature |
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| Authors: | Karen Holm Olsen |
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| Institution: | 1.Research Network for Environment and Development,University of Copenhagen,Copenhagen K,Denmark;2.UNEP Ris? Centre,Ris? National Laboratory,Roskilde,Denmark |
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| Abstract: | The challenges of how to respond to climate change and ensure sustainable development are currently high on the political
agenda among the world’s leading nations. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is part of the global carbon market developing
rapidly as part of the Kyoto response towards the mitigation of global warming. One of the aims of the CDM is to achieve sustainable
development in developing countries, but uncertainty prevails as to whether the CDM is doing what it promises to do. Close
to 200 studies on the CDM have been carried out since its birth in 1997 including peer-reviewed articles and reports from
the grey literature. This review of the literature serves to assess the state of knowledge on how the CDM contributes to sustainable
development (SD) including poverty alleviation. The main finding of the review is that, left to market forces, the CDM does
not significantly contribute to sustainable development. |
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