Sustainable Development and the Kyoto Protocol: an Historical Approach to the Clean Development Mechanism
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Leticia Hoppe
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Augusto Mussi Alvim
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João Marcelo Medina Ketzer Medina Ketzer
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Osmar Tomaz de Souza
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- Keywords:
- Desenvolvimento sustentável, Protocolo de Quioto, créditos de carbono.
- Abstract
- The main objective of this paper is to analyze the thematic of sustainable development, seeking for a comprehension on how this subject became a guideline for worldwide discussion up to the formulation and execution of the Kyoto Protocol. This protocol proved to be an important tool to reduce the emission of greenhouse effect gases. In this sense, we describe some aspects of its built and use, especially trhough Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Certified Emission Reductions (CER). Highlighting the Brazilian reality we discuss the profile of projects, the new technologies to reduce greenhouse gases and, finally, the perspectives for Kyoto Protocol after 2012. Key-words: Sustainable development; Kyoto Protocol; Carbon Credit. Classificação JEL: Q; Q5; Q56 Artigo recebido em mar. 2010 e aceito para publicação em dez. 2010.
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- Published
- 2011-05-24
- Issue
- Vol. 32 No. 1 (2011)
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- Artigos
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