Desarrollo sostenible en el MDL

The document critiques the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) for failing to deliver sustainable development benefits, noting that host countries often lack incentives to enforce rigorous sustainability criteria to avoid deterring investment. It highlights that only greenhouse gas reductions have economic value in the current system, leading to projects that may cause local harm, such as displacement and pollution. The author, CDM Watch, advocates for international sustainability criteria, mandatory safeguards, monitoring plans, and grievance mechanisms to prevent negative impacts.

• The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) fails to deliver sustainability benefits because host countries define their own criteria and lack incentives to implement rigorous standards that might discourage investment.
• Sustainability benefits lack economic value in the CDM system, as monetary compensation is only generated through greenhouse gas emission reductions, often resulting in projects with minimal sustainable benefits such as large hydroelectrics and industrial gases.
• Some CDM projects have caused significant negative impacts on local populations and the environment, including job losses, pollution, and demographic displacement, which may violate international human rights treaties like the UN International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

APA

CMW (2012). Desarrollo sostenible en el MDL. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2012/10/30/desarrollo-sostenible-en-el-mdl-4/

Chicago

CMW. Desarrollo sostenible en el MDL. Carbon Market Watch, 2012. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2012/10/30/desarrollo-sostenible-en-el-mdl-4/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{cmw2012desarrollo, author = {CMW}, title = {{Desarrollo sostenible en el MDL}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2012}, month = oct, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2012/10/30/desarrollo-sostenible-en-el-mdl-4/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }