Wood, B, Sallu, SM and Paavola, J (2016) Can CDM finance energy access in Least Developed Countries? Evidence from Tanzania. Climate Policy, 16 (4). pp. 456-473. ISSN 1469-3062
Abstract
Policy documents and academic literature suggest that Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) finance could complement traditional ‘energy access’ (EA) funding in developing countries, including the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Yet these propositions have not been empirically tested. This study helps fill this gap by examining constraints to CDM project passage through five stages of an idealized project development cycle (PDC) in Tanzania, and their implications for the ability of the CDM to contribute to financing energy access in LDCs. Twenty-five semi-structured interviews and documentary material were analysed using an analytical framework developed for systematic investigation of constraints. Institutional constraints such as the under-performance of Tanzania's Designated National Authority were the most often mentioned obstacles for project development. Yet non-institutional constraints such as limited energy sector mitigation potential, indigenous skill shortages, and low carbon market prices also hinder project development. Institutional constraints buttress, rather than supersede, pre-existing non-institutional constraints, and together they prevent energy projects from completing the PDC and accessing CDM finance. The number and severity of constraints suggest that the situation is unlikely to change rapidly, and that the CDM sustains and exacerbates existing global inequalities. Since traditional energy access funding is insufficient to address these inequalities, new funding and policy mechanisms are required.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2015 The Author(s). Published by Taylor and Francis. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/ Licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Clean Development Mechanism; energy access; Least Developed Countries |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2015 16:01 |
Last Modified: | 22 Apr 2016 11:24 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2015.1027166 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/14693062.2015.1027166 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:84924 |