Finally, CDM Watch is happy to present the second edition of the CDM Toolkit. The CDM Toolkit is designed for NGOs, activists and citizens who have little or no prior experience with the CDM. Like the first CDM Toolkit that was released by CDM Watch in 2003, it is a guide that provides an explanation …
Further to decision 2/CMP.5, the Board will discuss a first draft of procedures for appeals to challenge decisions by the CDM Executive Board at this week’s meeting. The inclusion of an appeals procedure in the CDM project approval process presents a crucial opportunity for the Board to promote enhanced accountability, legitimacy and public trust in …
The Board might again tackle the impossible task of improving project-by-project additionality testing during this week’s meeting. Numerous discussions in the past about the stringency of the additionality criteria in the so-called “first-of-its-kind” and “common practice” tests have not yet resulted in an agreement. This week could see a further instalment in this ongoing struggle …
Read more “Additionality criteria back on the Board’s agenda (Newsletter #10)”
The Methodology Panel has prepared a revised methodology ACM0017 Production of biodiesel for use as fuel to address several deficiencies of the first version of this methodology that was adopted in 2009. At the time, CDM Watch and Wetlands International highlighted serious concerns related to loopholes in the methodology that allowed the production of biodiesel …
Read more “Board to close loophole in CDM biodiesel methodology (Newsletter #10)”
Further to serious concerns that were highlighted with regard to the methodology for HFC-23 destruction, the Board will discuss the first renewal request to renew the crediting period for a HFC-23 destruction project. The HFC-23 Decomposition Project in Ulsan, South Korea, operated by the Ineos Group (Project 003) generated 1.4m credits over the first crediting …
Read more “The HFC-23 destruction scandal – The Ulsan Project (Newsletter #10)”
As of this week there are 1529 Hydro projects seeking CERs through the CDM. But large hydro power projects seriously un-dermine the objectives of the CDM because hardly any of them are additional. Concerns about the additionality of 17 of these projects based in China have been highlighted by Board members prior to this week’s …
This week, the Board is likely to take another landmark decision towards meaningful civil society participation in the CDM process by rejecting the controversial Plantar project. The Board had decided to review the registration application of the project because it had failed to comply with CDM requirement to give global stakeholders the opportunity to provide …
At their last meeting, the CDM Executive Board made a landmark decision against coal projects in the CDM by rejecting the Indian Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP) Tata Mundra[1]. It had been claimed that the 4000-MW super-critical coal plant owned by Coastal Gujarat Power would reduce 2.6m tonnes of CO2eq over the next 10 years. …
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