ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors look at two different approaches, one for Brazil and the other for India, both very important countries for the climate change issue generally and the developing country mitigation options debate in particular. The CDM provides unique opportunities to reduce, at least partially, the damaging consequences of large-scale adoption of fossil fuel thermoelectricity in Brazil through the creation of economic incentives for the adoption of alternative renewable energy options. To assess the overlap of Indian sustainable development priorities and the possible mitigation options, the people review first the development priorities of India. They analyses some of the mitigation options and undertakes a prioritization exercise to rank the options based on a sustainable development perspective, which is based on the inputs of a wide range of stakeholders of the Indian economy. Despite considerable development in the Indian economy since independence in 1947, the basic necessities of a large section of the population are unmet.
