| Article ID: | iaor20073843 |
| Country: | Greece |
| Volume: | 4 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Publication Date: | May 2004 |
| Journal: | Operational Research - An International Journal |
| Authors: | Psarras J., Flamos A., Anagnostopoulos A., Doukas H., Goletsis Y. |
| Keywords: | sustainable development |
A project could be considered eligible under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) if it fulfils a double additionality condition: (i) an environmental additionality and (ii) a sustainable development additionality. In this framework, we hereby present the Integrated Development and Environmental Additionality Assessment Methodology (IDEA-AM), a multicriteria based methodology for the assessment of candidate CDM projects additionality and its application to selected cases from the Mediterranean region. IDEA-AM has proven to be a useful assessment tool and can become a useful aid to policy and decision-makers as they strive towards the effective application of CDM.