一、主題：Examining the regional pattern of renewable energy CDM power projects in India

二、主講人：Aparna Sawhney，印度尼赫魯大學國際研究院國際貿易與發展中心教授。1995年畢業于美國哥倫比亞大學，獲得經濟學博士學位。她的研究領域包括國際貿易、可再生能源、環境經濟學、可持續發展等。研究成果在The World Economy、Energy Economics、Review of Development Economics、Review of Environmental Economics and Policy等國際經濟學期刊發表論文數十篇，以及出版了《The New Face of Environmental Management in India》等專著。她為印度政府做了大量關于氣候變化、能源政策、國際貿易和投資等方面的政策研究。目前是多個國際學術合作機構的成員、國際會議的組織者和委員會的主席。

三、時間：2015年12月9日（周三），12:30-13:30

四、地點：bevictor伟德官网主樓913會議室

五、主持人：黃志剛，bevictor伟德官网副教授

摘要：India is one of the leading host countries of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects, but these projects have been concentrated within ten states of the country. While the skewed distribution of CDM projects across countries is well recognized, little attention has been given to the skewed distribution of CDM projects within a country like India. We examine the different factors that account for the regional distribution of renewable energy based CDM power projects in India using state-specific and renewable form-specific explanatory variables including natural potential, economic conditions, and government policies. We find that state implementation of fiscal incentive measures and CDM benefit-sharing were the most significant factors in locating these projects within the states, apart from natural renewable potential. In the top ten states, controlling for the government incentives and subsidies, the pre-installed renewable power capacity was also a significant factor. State financial incentives and CDM benefit clause were also found to be the most significant factor in the generation of certified emission reductions from CDM projects. Unfortunately states with relatively higher natural potential lost out on the additional product gains through CERs, and an important aspect of the CDM approach seems to have been missed in India- that of promoting development in other regions of the country which had natural potential.