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

二、主讲人：Aparna Sawhney，印度尼赫鲁大学国际研究院国际贸易与发展中心教授。1995年毕业于美国哥伦比亚大学，获得经济学博士学位。她的研究领域包括国际贸易、可再生能源、环境经济学、可持续发展等。研究成果在The World Economy、Energy Economics、Review of Development Economics、Review of Environmental Economics and Policy等国际经济学期刊发表论文数十篇，以及出版了《The New Face of Environmental Management in India》等专著。她为印度政府做了大量关于气候变化、能源政策、国际贸易和投资等方面的政策研究。目前是多个国际学术合作机构的成员、国际会议的组织者和委员会的主席。

三、时间：2015年12月9日（周三），12:30-13:30

四、地点：suncitygroup太阳新城主楼913会议室

五、主持人：黄志刚，suncitygroup太阳新城副教授

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.