Simsek, YelizWatts, DavidEscobar, Rodrigo2025-05-302025-05-301364-0321http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85048463391&partnerID=8YFLogxKhttps://hdl.handle.net/1885/733754916Climate change has caused growing concern in the international community. The Kyoto Protocol was signed by a majority of the world with the clear intention of reducing emissions. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a part of the Kyoto Protocol and allows industrialized countries to reduce their emission by making contribution to developing countries. In this study, several research papers related to sustainability and multi-criteria analysis of energy projects were reviewed and classified based on their focus, motivation and contribution to achieve a comprehensive summary. Additionally, this paper presents a review of multi criteria decision methods and sustainability indicators under five pillars: technical, economic, social, environmental, and risk. Moreover, sustainability analysis of worldwide CDM concentrated solar power (CSP) projects was performed by using MAUT method. The analysis was repeated based on several scenarios including different criteria and criteria weights. The purpose of this research is proposing a framework and providing an understanding for decision makers to evaluate the sustainability of CDM energy projects. This work can provide perceptions to future installations and further insights for the development of sustainable CDM energy projects around the world.The authors gratefully acknowledge the partial financial support provided by project CORFO project 13CEI2-21803 , Research Grant CONICYT/FONDAP / 15110019 and CONICYT/FONDECYT / 1181136 . The authors gratefully acknowledge the partial financial support provided by project CORFO project 13CEI2-21803, Research Grant CONICYT/FONDAP/15110019 and CONICYT/FONDECYT/1181136.18enPublisher Copyright: © 2018 Elsevier LtdClean Development MechanismConcentrated Solar PowerMulti Criteria Decision MethodsSustainability201810.1016/j.rser.2018.04.09085048463391