This report analyses India's developmental priorities and presents a set of CDM projects that would likely be accepted by the Government of India. The report first gives the background to the government's policy on climate change with reference to the CDM and describes the CDM related activities of various stakeholders in the economy to put the possible mitigation options in context. The penultimate section reviews the existing literature and the government's developmental priorities to identify priority CDM projects. The last section of the report analyses the identified CDM options for India.
Clean Development Mechanism Project Opportunities in India
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