Sustainability of CDM projects : a matter of scope and methods
Year: 2010
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Two CDM projects were compared in terms of their impacts on SD, using the popular AHP method. Two experimental groups of post-graduate students performed the assessment and both found that the HFC23 decomposition project studied was a bigger contributor to SD than the hydropower project, although the details differed. The outcome could have been different if the assessment had been performed by real stakeholders and decision-makers instead of students. Nevertheless, the study confirmed that AHP can be a useful method for decision-making especially in a complex situation relating to SD. However, some weaknesses of the AHP method were identified. These, inter alia, included: (1) the final results depended heavily on the participants in the assessment; (2) only a limited number of alternatives can be considered; and (3) the final results are difficult to use elsewhere.
Authors: Qie Sun, Bo Xu, Ronald Wennersten, Nils Brandt, Qirui Yang
Language: English
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Climate action
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W291358583