The forgotten development: A discussion about the clean development mechanism and socioenvironmental sustainability
The concept of sustainable development (SD) has been broadened to become a new paradigm and form a hope for human impact mitigation. There is some consensus around its implementation; however, the imprecision of the SD concept causes worldwide debates regarding the diversity of adoption and understa...
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| author | Sanches-Pereira, Alessandro |
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| description | The concept of sustainable development (SD) has been broadened to become a new paradigm and form a hope for human impact mitigation. There is some consensus around its implementation; however, the imprecision of the SD concept causes worldwide debates regarding the diversity of adoption and understanding. In this context, the question is how we can shape the development process in order to make it capable of taking into consideration the local way of becoming sustainable. One recent attempt is the clean development mechanism (CDM) concept. This faces similar problems because the way in which the mechanism is used today does not fulfil its goal of assisting SD. Generally the mechanism is used only to meet the terms for emission reduction described in Article 3 of the Kyoto Protocol and does not contribute to the local society development. Consequently, it is necessary to develop a strategic plan for CDM's future implementation and repair its design failures by evaluating its current performance. An effective mechanism must integrate the socioenvironmental development concept into the implementation strategy. As a result, the new CDM must not only promote strict environmental sustainability, but also contribute to the reduction of poverty and social inequalities. This is because CDM will not be successful in the long term if it does not achieve the integration of social development with reduction of emissions. © 2007 WIT Press. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-885372022-06-13T03:03:06Z The forgotten development: A discussion about the clean development mechanism and socioenvironmental sustainability Sanches-Pereira, Alessandro Kungolos, A Brebbia, CA Beriatos, E Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Ecology Environmental Sciences Regional & Urban Planning Environmental Sciences & Ecology Public Administration clean development mechanism socioenvironmental strategic planning socioenvironmental sustainability The concept of sustainable development (SD) has been broadened to become a new paradigm and form a hope for human impact mitigation. There is some consensus around its implementation; however, the imprecision of the SD concept causes worldwide debates regarding the diversity of adoption and understanding. In this context, the question is how we can shape the development process in order to make it capable of taking into consideration the local way of becoming sustainable. One recent attempt is the clean development mechanism (CDM) concept. This faces similar problems because the way in which the mechanism is used today does not fulfil its goal of assisting SD. Generally the mechanism is used only to meet the terms for emission reduction described in Article 3 of the Kyoto Protocol and does not contribute to the local society development. Consequently, it is necessary to develop a strategic plan for CDM's future implementation and repair its design failures by evaluating its current performance. An effective mechanism must integrate the socioenvironmental development concept into the implementation strategy. As a result, the new CDM must not only promote strict environmental sustainability, but also contribute to the reduction of poverty and social inequalities. This is because CDM will not be successful in the long term if it does not achieve the integration of social development with reduction of emissions. © 2007 WIT Press. 2007 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88537 10.2495/SDP070532 English WIT PRESS unknown |
| spellingShingle | Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Ecology Environmental Sciences Regional & Urban Planning Environmental Sciences & Ecology Public Administration clean development mechanism socioenvironmental strategic planning socioenvironmental sustainability Sanches-Pereira, Alessandro The forgotten development: A discussion about the clean development mechanism and socioenvironmental sustainability |
| title | The forgotten development: A discussion about the clean development mechanism and socioenvironmental sustainability |
| title_full | The forgotten development: A discussion about the clean development mechanism and socioenvironmental sustainability |
| title_fullStr | The forgotten development: A discussion about the clean development mechanism and socioenvironmental sustainability |
| title_full_unstemmed | The forgotten development: A discussion about the clean development mechanism and socioenvironmental sustainability |
| title_short | The forgotten development: A discussion about the clean development mechanism and socioenvironmental sustainability |
| title_sort | forgotten development: a discussion about the clean development mechanism and socioenvironmental sustainability |
| topic | Science & Technology Social Sciences Life Sciences & Biomedicine Ecology Environmental Sciences Regional & Urban Planning Environmental Sciences & Ecology Public Administration clean development mechanism socioenvironmental strategic planning socioenvironmental sustainability |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88537 |