Marco de análisis del mecanismo de desarrollo limpio y las oportunidades del mercado del carbono para el desarrollo de Colombia
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2013-10-26
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá
Abstract
Introduction. The collateral effect of irresponsible “progress” has brought as a consequence an increase of
the greenhouse gases (GHG), which contribute in several ways to climate change given their concentrations in
the atmosphere and their potential of global warming. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change, celebrated in 1992, was the base for the negotiations contained by the Kyoto Protocol in 1997. This
protocol is based on a fundamental premise: To recognize shared but differentiated responsibilities in which
industrialized nations, which generate most of the GHG and are thus the ones with the main responsibility of
global warming, must also lead the solution of the situation. Objective. To strengthen the Clean Development
Mechanisms (CDM) projects, harnessing the opportunities offered by the consolidation of the regulated market
of carbon. Methodology. A conceptual framework of the climate change is exposed and the regulatory and
technical bases of CDM are compiled. The study, also, includes a revision of CDM´s state of the art in Colombia,
providing a context of this reality with other countries from the region, and introduces projections of the regulated
market in order to foresee strategies for their strengthening, their penetration and their divulgation among
the Colombian sectors. Results. Considering Colombia´s geographical and industrial potential, the greenhouse
gases reduction (finally CER generated) is way below the expectations of a country with strong agricultural
and livestock, mining and energy sectors, which are all great greenhouse gases generators. There is, therefore,
a potential not exploited by the country. Conclusions. Colombia is below its potential for the penetration of
CDM projects, mainly due to: i) Lack of knowledge of decision makers about the opportunities carbon market
has, especially because of a lack of information and training, ii) High prices associated to the elaboration and
implementation of this type of projects and iii), Lack of financial instruments to develop sustainable projects.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Área Metropolitana del Valle de Aburrá, Mercado del carbono, Protocolo de Kioto, Desarrollo sostenible, Mecanismo de desarrollo limpio (MDL), Certificado de reducción de emisiones (CER)