Scroll down for French and Spanish HFC-23 HFC-23 is an unwanted by-product in the manufacture of HCFC-22, a refrigerant and temporary substitute for CFCs. The destruction of HFC-23 in HCFC-22 plants in developing countries can be registered as a CDM project and leads to the issuance of a large amount of credits (CERs). As it …
Scroll down for French and Spanish Problematic CDM Projects to WATCH! Nallakonda – Wind farm project, India Barro Blanco – Large hydro project, Panama Timarpur-Okhla, Waste incineration project, India View more examples… The CDM has a dual mandate to deliver climate mitigation and sustainability benefits. However, numerous studies and anecdotal evidence show that most CDM …
Scroll down for French and Spanish Problematic CDM Projects to WATCH! Nallakonda – Wind farm project, India Rampur – Hydro power project, India View more examples… Carbon offset mechanisms such as the CDM can only be effective climate mitigation policy tools if their resulting carbon offset credits represent actual emissions reductions achieved by a project. …
After the CDM Policy Dialogue was launched at COP-17 in Durban the members of the high-level panel held its first meeting this February. The first meeting provided clarity that the panel will be developing recommendations about the CDM’s internal workings, the future direction and its impact to mitigation and sustainable development. Expectations are high… At …
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The CDM Executive Board will discuss a revision of the coal methodology at its upcoming meeting. We described the shortcomings of the revisions in a technical note to the Board. Despite the proposed, more stringent rules, many CDM coal projects will still result in credits that do not represent real emission reductions. In addition, they …
Read more “Coal in the CDM – the Saga Continues (Newsletter #19)”
Published Articles and Joint-submissions NGO Newsletter: Watch This! NGO Voices on the CDM, Issue 1 (April 2012) Guest Commentary on EU’s CER eligibility criteria by Eva Filzmoser, CDM Watch, Point Carbon CDM&JI Monitor (22.02.2012) CAN International Submission on a New Market-based Mechanism (09.03.2012) CAN International Submission on Framework for Various Approaches (09.03.2012) Newsletter of the …
Guest article by Mahesh Pandya (Paryavaran Mitra) and Falguni Joshi (Gujarat Forum on CDM) Along with local partner organisation Paryanvara Mitra, CDM Watch hosted its second successful CDM workshop in April 2012 in India. The workshop was held at Gujarat Vidyapith, a university founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. We were delighted …
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CDM Watch is organising a side-event in Bonn where civil society representatives will meet members of the CDM Policy Dialogue Panel. The presenters will discuss lessons learnt from CDM projects and lay out a series of specific recommendations to improve the CDMs ability to involve stakeholders and deliver real sustainability benefits. CDM Policy Dialogue Panel …
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The next climate negotiations will take place between 14-25 May in Bonn, Germany. CDM Watch will be there to advocate for environmental and social integrity in carbon markets. Here is a summary of the relevant issues that will be discussed in Bonn. New Market Mechanisms At the climate negotiations in Durban in November 2011 countries …
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