Stakeholder preferences towards the sustainable development of CDM projects : Lessons from biomass ricehusk)
CDM project inThailand
Piya Parnphumeesup n, SandyA.Kerr
International CentreforIsl and Technology (ICIT),Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, OldAcademy, BackRoad, Stromness, Orkney KW163AW, Scotland, United Kingdom
Keywords:
Clean DevelopmentMechanism
Stakeholder preferences
Sustainable development
a b s t r a c t
This research applies both quantitative and qualitative methods to investigate stakeholder preferences towards sustainable development (SD) priorities in Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects. The CDM’s contribution to SD is explored in the context of a biomas (rice husk case study conducted in Thailand. Quantitative analysis rank sincreasing the usage of renewable energy as the high estpriority, followed by employment and technology transfer. Air pollution (dust) is ranked as the most important problem. Preference weight sex pressed by expert sand local resident are statistically different in the cases of: employment generation; emission reductions ;dust ;wasted is posal ;and noise.Qualitative results, suggest that rice husk CDM projects contribute significantly to SD interms of employment generation, an increase in usage of renewable energy,and transfer of knowledge. However, rice husk biomass projects create a potential negative impact on air quality. In order to ensure the environmental sustainability of CDM projects, stakeholder ssuggest that Thailand should can celan Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) exemption for CDM projects with an installed capacity below 10MW and apply it to all CDM projects.
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