Assessing the clean development mechanism contribution to sustainable development in Mexico (2005-2010)

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dc.contributor.advisor Montini, Massimiliano it_IT
dc.contributor.author Lucatello, Simone <1973> it_IT
dc.date.accessioned 2011-04-23T07:45:27Z it_IT
dc.date.accessioned 2012-07-30T16:03:58Z
dc.date.available 2011-04-23T07:45:27Z it_IT
dc.date.available 2012-07-30T16:03:58Z
dc.date.issued 2011-03-18 it_IT
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10579/1055 it_IT
dc.description.abstract The dissertation explores the role of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), an offset mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol (art. 12) that allows the crediting of emission reductions from Greenhouse Gas (GHG) abatement projects in developing countries, and its contribution to Sustainable Development (SD) in Mexico. One of the growing concerns about the performance of the CDM under current international negotiations for the post Kyoto regime (2012) deals with its weak capacity to deliver on its environmental and SD objectives in countries where it is implemented. Through a sustainability assessment, the thesis analizes if and how CDM projects in Mexico are fulfilling one of the main objectives for which it was created and to what extent during the period 2005-2010. The main argument of the thesis – besides the criticism about the efficiency and efficacy of the CDM itself- is that considering the extreme flexibility of SD criteria established by the Mexican government through the Designated National Authority (DNA), CDM proejcts have a relative impact on SD in some key dimensions such as environmental, economical, and to a lesser extent, social one. CDM relation with SD and its contribution in Mexico is however a complex topic to understand, partly due to the vague definition of SD adopted at country level and stakeholders positions towards the CDM itself. it_IT
dc.description.abstract La tesi analizza il ruolo del Meccanismo di Sviluppo Pulito (MSP) - un meccanismo di compensazione previsto nell‘art. 12 del Protocollo di Kyoto che consente l'accredito di buoni di carbonio derivati dalle riduzioni di emissioni di gas a effetto serra (GHG) per mezzo di progetti applicati nei paesi in via di sviluppo - e il suo contributo al miglioramento delle strategie di sviluppo sostenibile (SS) adottate nel caso del Messico. Una delle crescenti preoccupazioni a livello internazionale sulle prestazioni del MSP e per lo stesso futuro del protocollo di Kyoto (pst-2012) é precisamente la sua poca capacità di complementare o raggiungere gli obiettivi ambientali e di SS nei paesi dove viene applicato. Pertanto, attraverso una valutazione della sua sostenibilità, la tesi analizza se e come i progetti del MSP in Messico stanno compiendo con uno degli obiettivi principali per cui è stato creato e in quale misura, nel corso del periodo 2005-2010. L'argomento principale della tesi, al di lá delle considerazioni sull‘efficienza ed efficacia del MSP per se, è che considerando l'estrema flessibilità dei criteri dello sviluppo sostenbile stabiliti dal governo messicano attraverso la National Designated Authority (DNA), i progetti del MSP hanno un impatto relativo in alcune dimensioni chiave come quelle ambientali, economiche e, in misura minore, in quelle sociali. La relazione tra il MSP e il suo contributo allo SS in Messico è comunque un argomento complesso da analizzare, in parte dovuto alla vaga definizione di SS adottata a livello nazionale e le posizioni assunte dai diversi soggetti interessati alla realizzazione dei progetti nel paese. it_IT
dc.format.medium Tesi cartacea it_IT
dc.language.iso en it_IT
dc.publisher Università Ca' Foscari Venezia it_IT
dc.rights © Simone Lucatello, 2011 it_IT
dc.subject Clean development mechanism (CDM) it_IT
dc.subject Sustainable development it_IT
dc.subject Climate change it_IT
dc.subject Mitigation it_IT
dc.subject Mexico it_IT
dc.subject Poverty it_IT
dc.subject Transfer technology it_IT
dc.subject Projects it_IT
dc.subject Environmental politics it_IT
dc.title Assessing the clean development mechanism contribution to sustainable development in Mexico (2005-2010) it_IT
dc.type Doctoral Thesis it_IT
dc.degree.name Analisi e governance dello sviluppo sostenibile it_IT
dc.degree.level Dottorato di ricerca it_IT
dc.degree.grantor Scuola di studi avanzati di Venezia (SSAV) it_IT
dc.description.academicyear 2009/2010 it_IT
dc.description.cycle 23 it_IT
dc.degree.coordinator Zuppi, Giovanni Maria it_IT
dc.location.shelfmark D000985 it_IT
dc.location Venezia, Archivio Università Ca' Foscari, Tesi Dottorato it_IT
dc.rights.accessrights openAccess it_IT
dc.thesis.matricno 955413 it_IT
dc.format.pagenumber 227 p. it_IT
dc.subject.miur SECS-P/01 ECONOMIA POLITICA it_IT
dc.subject.miur SECS-P/06 ECONOMIA APPLICATA it_IT
dc.description.tableofcontent TABLE CONTENTS PART I CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1.1 Background...........................................................................................8 1.2 Thesis Objectives and research questions..........................................12 1.3 Research methods employed..............................................................17 1.4 Structure of the thesis..........................................................................21 CHAPTER II: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AND THEIR ASSESSMENT: FRAMING THE CONTEXT.....................p.25 2.1 Climate change and sustainable development: a critical review.........27 2.2 Two ways relationship between climate change and sustainable development..............................................................................................33 2.3 The Politization of the discourse on Sustainable development and Climate Change.........................................................................................38 2.4 Sustainable development, climate change and the Millennium Development Goals in Latin America........................................................46 2.5 Measuring climate change and sustainable development...................50 2.6 Assessing mitigation actions: recent developments............................58 CHAPTER III: THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES..............................................................................65 3.1 The CDM: institutional framework and operational aspects................66 3.2 The political discourse of CDM in the North and South of the world 74 3.3 The CDM and its performance: an overview from 2005 to date..........79 3.4 Carbon markets and CDM...................................................................87 3.5 A critical balance of the CDM.............................................................92 3.6 CDM and sustainable development: what contribution?....................96 3.7 The future of the CDM.......................................................................101 PART II CHAPTER IV: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE IN MEXICO..........................................................................p.107 4.1 Mexico, the neoliberal economic choice and the environment……...109 4.2 The evolution of Mexican environmental politics…………………….115 4.3 Sustainable development in Mexico..................................................120 4.4 Climate change in Mexico.................................................................129 4.5 Mitigation Actions..............................................................................137 4.6 The assessment of Sustainable development and climate change impacts in Mexico....................................................................................144 CHAPTER V: CDM PROJECTS CONTRIBUTION TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN MEXICO: AN ASSESSMENT.......................... p.148 5.1 Mexico and national settings for the CDM implementation...............150 5.2 CDM Project situation .......................................................................157 5.3 CDM Contribution to Sustainable development in Mexico: an assessment.............................................................................................165 5.4 Methodology description and assessment criteria............................171 5.5 Key findings.......................................................................................176 5.6 Statitical analysis of the CDM and its contribution to Sustainable development in Mexico............................................................................184 5.7 Conclusion.........................................................................................186 CONCLUSIONS..................................................................................p. 190 REFERENCES....................................................................................p. 208 it_IT
dc.degree.discipline Scienze sociali it_IT


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