Sustainable Forestry Investment under the Clean Development Mechanism: The Malaysian Case

Is the Clean Development Mechanism Promoting Sustainable Development ?

One of the dual objectives of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol is to promote sustainable development in the host countries. With different CDM indicators for 58 CDM host countries over 2005-10, this paper empirically assesses whether CDM project development fulfils this objective of sustainable development. Using a unique dynamic panel data method based on long-differ...

Accounting methods for carbon credits: impacts on the minimum area of forestry projects under the Clean Development Mechanism

Farm Forestry Investment in Ireland Under Uncertainty

This paper develops a model to explain farmers’ decision to move from agricultural activities to forestry. Farmers in Ireland have strong links with land and are reluctant to enter into forestry even when the returns from it exceed those from farming. This paper examines whether the reluctance among farmers to plant forestry originates in the nature of forestry investment, which is characterise...

The Clean Development Mechanism: too flexible to produce sustainable development benefits?

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol has a dual objective: to encourage low-cost emission reduction and to promote sustainable development in the host countries of CDM projects. The CDM has by and large delivered on the first objective but arguably not on the second. This paper assesses quantitatively the form and prevalence of co-benefits in CDM projects. Adopting a broa...

How can the clean development mechanism better contribute to sustainable development?

HISTORY OF EMPLOYMENT University of Maryland Associate Professor, School of Public Policy (2012–)* Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy (2008–12) White House Council on Env. Quality Dep. Assoc. Director for Energy & Climate Change (2014-16) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Associate Director, Joint Global Change Rsch. Inst (2008–)* Georgetown University Assistant Professor, School ...