El régimen comunitario de comercio de emisiones (EU-ETS) es un sistema de topes y comercio, que entró en vigor en 2005. El EU-ETS es el mayor sistema obligatorio de topes y comercio hasta la fecha e incluye 30 países europeos. Hasta un 50% de las reducciones en toda la UE durante el período 2008-2020 se …
El MDL tiene un doble mandato para entregar mitigación del cambio climático y los beneficios de la sostenibilidad. Sin embargo, numerosos estudios y la evidencia anecdótica muestra que la mayoría de los proyectos del MDL no pueden entregar beneficios de sostenibilidad. Las razones del fracaso del MDL para cumplir su doble mandato son numerosas. Una …
This report, one of three commissioned by the High-Level Panel on the CDM Policy Dialogue, aims to provide an independent assessment of the impact of the CDM across a broad range of metrics and possible effects. The impact of the CDM is assessed firstly in relation to its original purposes stated in Article 12 of …
Les questions politiques affectant l’intégrité environnementale du MDP Le Conseil Exécutif du MDP rend des décisions sur un grand nombre de questions, y compris les enregistrements de projets, la délivrance de crédits carbone ainsi que les décisions sur les questions politiques à chaque fois que cela est nécessaire. La plupart des sujets politiques exigent une …
Study commissioned by the European Parliament DG for external policies (Directorate B – Policy Department) on Human Rights and Climate Change. Section 10.1.3 reports about human rights concerns regarding the acceptance of JI and CDM credits in the EU ETS with CDM project cases Barro Blanco (Panama) and Aguan (Honduras) cited as examples. The study recommends that the EU should be clear on the fact that JI/CDM credits from projects that violate or risk violating human rights may not be used within the EU ETS and that relevant criteria should be set up and imposed on investors located in MS territories. Bilateral agreement with host countries may be appropriate in this respect.
Review of funds expenditure obtained under the international emissions trading in Ukraine SUMMARY The countries of Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union have the largest greenhouse gas emission quotas surplus as a result of economic recession in the 1990s rather than due to systematic implementation of measures to reduce emissions. Such greenhouse gas emission quotas, acquired …
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Scroll down for French and Spanish Policy Issues that affect the CDM’s environmental integrity The CDM Executive Board makes decisions on a large number of issues, including project registrations, the issuing of carbon credits as well as decisions about policy issues every time they meet. Most of the policy topics require in-depth understanding of the …
Scroll down for French and Spanish The CDM is the largest (but not the only) offsetting mechanism. Under the UNFCCC, there is the CDM’s little brother, Joint Implementation (JI), which works in a very similar way to the CDM but is for offset projects in developed (Annex 1) countries. There are two types of JI …
Brussels, 13 September 2012. This week the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) decided to reward the construction of new coal power plants with carbon credits, overruling recommendations by its own technical experts. Board members also strongly opposed improvements that would reduce the considerable quality problems of CDM carbon credits. These decisions will …
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