The CDM Executive Board – News from the CDM Control Center (Watch this! #1)

by CMWGlobal markets, Human rights in climate action, Sustainable developmentPosted on Comments are Disabled

The CDM Executive Board (Board) supervises the CDM and consists of 10 members and 10 alternates. Board members have considerable power and influence. Together with support staff from the UNFCCC Secretariat, they meet approximately six times a year to decide on new policies and rules for project types, to review and register new projects, and approve credit issuance. It is therefore important to watch their actions and follow their meetings carefully because many important decisions are made.

Why the EU’s Position on Carbon Markets Matters (Watch this! #1)

by CMWEU carbon market, Global marketsPosted on Comments are Disabled

Scroll down for Spanish By Diego Martinez Schütt, CDM Watch The European Union (EU) plays a unique role in the CDM: it is its biggest client. The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which covers 50% of all EU GHG emissions, is the world’s biggest greenhouse gas (GHG) cap-and-trade scheme. The EU-ETS aims at driving …

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Can the CDM Policy Dialogue Panel save the CDM? (Watch this! #1)

by CMWGlobal markets, Sustainable developmentPosted on Comments are Disabled

Scroll down for Spanish Three months after starting the CDM Policy Dialogue, the High-Level Panel Members are conducting meetings and trying to get their heads around the problems of the CDM, its future direction and its impact on mitigation and sustainable development. CDM Watch has launched an online discussion forum to help that all views, …

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Watch This! NGO Voices on the CDM #1

by CMW2050 climate strategiesPosted on Comments are Disabled

Welcome to the first edition of our brand new NGO Newsletter. ‘Watch This! NGO views on the CDM’ will appear quarterly in English, Spanish and Hindi with campaign updates and opinion pieces from around the world.

Press Release: Brazilian judge ruling puts government under pressure to withdraw Teles Pires hydro dam from UN offsetting scheme

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Brasilia, Brussels – Last week, a federal judge in Brazil ruled the controversial Teles Pires Dam’s installation license invalid due to breaches of domestic legislation and international agreements on consultations with indigenous peoples.

CDM Executive Board Meetings

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The CDM Executive Board (EB) supervises the CDM under the authority and guidance of the Meetings of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP). The EB’s task is to establish CDM rules and provide guidance on how rules should be implemented. Carbon Market Watch provides critical input to EB meeting agenda, follows EB meeting decisions …

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Press Release: UN’s offsetting project Barro Blanco hampers Panama peace-talks

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Brussels / Panama City. The heavily contested hydro power project Barro Blanco, approved under the UN offsetting scheme, continues to impede ongoing peace talks between the Panamanian government and the indigenous Ngöbe-Buglé people over a law banning mining and hydroelectric projects in indigenous territories.