Does the CDM offer sustainable development benefits or not?

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Karakosta, Charikleia ^a   Marinakis, Vangelis ^a   Letsou, Panagiota ^b   Psarras, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS NTUA   (Greece)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; clean development mechanism; developing countries; local development benefits; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLICY MAKING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASIA; BRAZIL; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84873410934     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2012.752768     Document Type: Article

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