Is carbon financing trashing integrated waste management? : experience from Indonesia
| dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, Carrie | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kusumowati, Jati | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-04T14:16:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-11-04T14:16:06Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2013 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
| dc.description.abstract | In this paper we detail the results of two carbon financing composting projects in Indonesia, which ran from 2007 to 2012. Findings from these projects suggest that the clean development mechanism (CDM) is not well suited for small scale, community based, composting due to a number of barriers, including: the large amount of up-front funding required for financing the registration process; the current methodology for measuring methane; and the baseline reporting required for registration. This paper also highlights a troubling trend, whereby the CDM incentivizes less environmentally sustainable waste management practices. In Indonesia, this has the potential to undermine the national waste management law and thwart local efforts towards integrated waste management. We conclude with recommendations for the CDM in the waste and waste handling sector, including: subsidizing the registration costs for community-based projects, simplifying baseline and monitoring requirements for composting projects, and improving the existing methodology for calculation of landfill emissions. | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mitchell, C., & Kusumowati, J. (2013). Is carbon financing trashing integrated waste management? Experience from Indonesia. Climate and Development, 5(4), 268-276.doi:10.1080/17565529.2013.836471 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10625/52094 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17565529.2013.836471 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en |
| dc.subject | CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM | en |
| dc.subject | INDONESIA | en |
| dc.subject | WASTE MANAGEMENT | en |
| dc.subject | COMPOSTING | en |
| dc.subject | LANDFILL GAS CAPTURE | en |
| dc.subject | SUSTAINABILITY | en |
| dc.subject | COMMUNITY-BASED WASTE MANAGEMENT | en |
| dc.title | Is carbon financing trashing integrated waste management? : experience from Indonesia | en |
| dc.type | Journal Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
| idrc.copyright.holder | Taylor & Francis | |
| idrc.dspace.access | IDRC Only | en |
| idrc.noaccess | Due to copyright restrictions the full text of this research output is not available in the IDRC Digital Library or by request from the IDRC Library. / Compte tenu des restrictions relatives au droit d'auteur, le texte intégral de cet extrant de recherche n'est pas accessible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI, et il n'est pas possible d'en faire la demande à la Bibliothéque du CRDI. | en |
| idrc.project.number | 105813 | |
| idrc.project.title | Carbon Market and Integrated Waste Solutions : a Case Study of Indonesia | en |
| idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumber | IC01-876-20 | |
| idrc.rims.adhocgroup | IDRC SUPPORTED | en |