Kang, Moon Jung Park, Jihyoun 2024-01-20T13:04:00Z 2024-01-20T13:04:00Z 2022-01-10 2013-01 0301-4215 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/128470 The clean development mechanism (CDM) is a global collaborative action proposed at the Kyoto Protocol in response to climate change issues. The CDM contributes to cost-efficient reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized countries and promotes sustainable development in developing countries. Its fundamental framework is based on partnerships between industrialized and developing countries. This study employs social network analysis to investigate the dynamics of the partnership networks observed in 3816 CDM projects registered in the database of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change over the period of 2005 to 2011. Our three main findings can be summarized as follows. First, the CDM partnership network is a small world; however, its density tends to decrease as the number of participants for a CDM project decreases. Second, the partnership networks' leading groups tend to shift from partner countries into host countries. Third, a host country that pursues more partnership-based projects takes better control of resources and knowledge-flow in the ego-network formed around that country, and can thus better utilize global resources for its CDM projects. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. English ELSEVIER SCI LTD TECHNOLOGY-TRANSFER CDM COOPERATION PROJECTS INDIA CHINA Analysis of the partnership network in the clean development mechanism Article 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.10.005 1 ENERGY POLICY, v.52, pp.543 - 553 ENERGY POLICY 52 543 553 scie ssci scopus 000313775100046 Economics Energy & Fuels Environmental Sciences Environmental Studies Business & Economics Energy & Fuels Environmental Sciences & Ecology Article TECHNOLOGY-TRANSFER CDM COOPERATION PROJECTS INDIA CHINA Clean development mechanism Collaborative technology innovation Social network analysis