TY - JOUR
T1 - Flexibility mechanisms and sustainable development: Lessons from five AIJ projects
AU - Gupta, J.
AU - van Beukering, P.J.H.
AU - van Asselt, H.D.
AU - Brander, L.M.
AU - Hess, S.M.
AU - van der Leeuw, K.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Do 'Activities Implemented Jointly' (AIJ) projects contribute to sustainable development in the host countries? Which factors have contributed to the success or failure of the projects? Five AIJ projects were examined, accounting for 90% of the total AIJ expenditure of the Dutch government. The projects are at different stages of implementation, and four are in the process of being submitted as Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects. Although all five projects focused on small renewables, only one was very successful in also promoting sustainable development, while one failed completely in both achieving emissions reduction and promoting sustainable development. In this smail set, the project with the most cost-effective reduction of greenhouse gases was also the project that attained the most sustainable development benefits. In order to develop successful projects that also contribute to sustainable development, it is critical that projects should be demand-driven (not only by governments, but also by involved stakeholders), designed carefully, well-documented in order to ensure institutional memory, and should aim to have a demonstrative effect. © 2008 Earthscan.
AB - Do 'Activities Implemented Jointly' (AIJ) projects contribute to sustainable development in the host countries? Which factors have contributed to the success or failure of the projects? Five AIJ projects were examined, accounting for 90% of the total AIJ expenditure of the Dutch government. The projects are at different stages of implementation, and four are in the process of being submitted as Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects. Although all five projects focused on small renewables, only one was very successful in also promoting sustainable development, while one failed completely in both achieving emissions reduction and promoting sustainable development. In this smail set, the project with the most cost-effective reduction of greenhouse gases was also the project that attained the most sustainable development benefits. In order to develop successful projects that also contribute to sustainable development, it is critical that projects should be demand-driven (not only by governments, but also by involved stakeholders), designed carefully, well-documented in order to ensure institutional memory, and should aim to have a demonstrative effect. © 2008 Earthscan.
U2 - 10.3763/cpol.2007.0463
DO - 10.3763/cpol.2007.0463
M3 - Article
SN - 1469-3062
VL - 8
SP - 261
EP - 276
JO - Climate Policy
JF - Climate Policy
IS - 3
ER -
