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Application of the IDEA-AM (Integrated Development and Environmental Additionality — Assessment Methodology) to compare 12 real projects from the Mediterranean region

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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.

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  1. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Decision Support Systems Lab (EPU-NTUA), National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

    Flamos Alexandras, Anagnostopoulos Kostas, Doukas Haris & Psarras John

  2. Department of Economics, University of Ioannina, GR 45110, Ioannina, Greece

    Goletsis Yorgos

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Alexandras, F., Kostas, A., Haris, D. et al. Application of the IDEA-AM (Integrated Development and Environmental Additionality — Assessment Methodology) to compare 12 real projects from the Mediterranean region. Oper Res Int J 4, 119–145 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02943606

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