Selecting and assessing sustainable CDM projects using multi-criteria methods

作者: MANFRED LENZEN , ROBERTO SCHAEFFER , RYUJI MATSUHASHI

DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2007.9685642

关键词: Environmental economicsCarbon marketSustainable developmentBusinessMulti criteriaDecision methodsEnvironmental resource managementSustainabilityClean Development Mechanism

摘要: Even though sustainable development has been broadly debated, the clean mechanism (CDM) still lacks sophisticated multi-criteria decision methods for identifying, selecting and assessing CDM project activities from this perspective. Bearing in mind huge number of projects that are beginning to accumulate as carbon market gains momentum, importance non-Annex I Parties keep focused on sustainability objective, article aims at developing a tool prioritizing—within given group, once specific list criteria is agreed upon given—proposed point view. We reached following conclusions: (1) it important make conscious choice an appropriate way normalize performance data projects; (2) how aggregate across multiple attributes; (3) contrast with conventional assessments, ...

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