The book has been featured in the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s "Notable New Books". The book has been sent to the Institute’s listing – "New and Notable books from the IISD".

Some excerpts from IISD’s comments: "This third international conference on joint implementation undertaken by the Joint Implementation Network (JIN) addressed the barriers to the execution of Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ) projects in developing countries. Conference participation was broad and included 160 participants from the developing regions of Asia-Pacific, Africa and Latin America, as well as 46 from North America, Europe, Australia and Japan. Governments, NGOs, academia and international organisations were represented".

Few AIJ projects are officially recognised by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), yet AIJ has a strong potential to bring together developing and developed countries to meet common needs and goals. However, as several presentations pointed out, the expectations of developing countries are very different from those of developed nations. Developing countries clearly expect AIJ to help meet national development priorities, poverty alleviation, meeting the basic needs and economic development which, in their view, must take priority over climate change benefits.

Presentations also highlighted the need for cost-effective implementation and private sector participation. They examined several JI/AIJ programmes and presented country studies from India, Chile, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Several cases on AIJ projects in thermal energy, renewable energy, building, road and transportation, forests, agriculture and land use sector were outlined. Many included feasibility aspects and design principles. The final section of the book includes papers on roles of the different participants in the AIJ regime, government, private sector and NGOs.