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One of the criteria established for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ) pilot phase projects was to support national priorities of host countries. Success in contributing to these countries’ sustainable development was less a factor of the design of the pilot phase, and more the result of national capacity to define and implement policies, legal frameworks and financial instruments for sustainability. Developing countries will pursue greenhouse gas mitigation projects only if these promote national priorities. Costa Rica’s successful AIJ program is one of the elements in a strategy to obtain sustainable financing for a clear national environmental agenda. India’s demand side management project has specific community level benefits. As we move forward toward the design of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a combination of national, as well as community level, sustainable development criteria, may be helpful in ensuring that international mitigation projects will, in fact, contribute to the sustainable development of host countries.
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Hambleton, A., Figueres, C., Chatterjee, K. (1999). Do AIJ Projects Support Sustainable Development Goals of the Host Country?. In: Dixon, R.K. (eds) The U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ) Pilot: Experiences and Lessons Learned. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4287-8_8
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