TY - JFULL AU - S. Kittipongvises and T. Mino and C. Polprasert PY - 2011/12/ TI - Local Perspectives on Climate Change Mitigation and Sustainability of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Project: A Case Study in Thailand T2 - International Journal of Environmental and Ecological Engineering SP - 747 EP - 752 VL - 5 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10521 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 59, 2011 N2 - Global climate change has become the preeminent threat to human security in the 21st century. From mitigation perspective, this study aims to evaluate the performance of biogas renewable project under clean development mechanism activities (namely Korat-Waste-to-Energy) in Thailand and to assess local perceptions towards the significance of climate change mitigation and sustainability of such project in their community. Questionnaire was developed based on the national sustainable development criteria and was distributed among systematically selected households within project boundaries (n=260). Majority of the respondents strongly agreed with the reduction of odor problems (81%) and air pollution (76%). However, they were unsure about greenhouse gas reduction from such project and ignorant about the key issues of climate change. A lesson learned suggested that there is a need to further investigate the possible socio-psychological barriers may significantly shape public perception and understandings of climate change in the local context. ER -