CDM Watch welcomes yesterday´s appointment of Martin Hession, an Irish national who works for the UK’s Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to chair the Board. Maosheng Duan from China was elected Vice-Chairman. In addition, a number of new members were elected to the Executive Board at COP 16 in Cancún bringing the following …
Read more “The CDM Executive Board 2011 – What to expect (Newsletter #12)”
According to para15 of the latest CMP decision[1], Board members must publish their curricula vitae, statements on conflicts of interest, and details of any past and current professional affiliations on the UNFCCC CDM website. CDM Watch commends the Board members that have published their CVs online as well as made public statements on conflicts of …
Read more “Few CVs of Board members outstanding (Newsletter #8)”
According to para15 of the latest CMP decision[1], Board members must publish their curricula vitae (CVs), statements on conflicts of interest, and details of any past and current professional affiliations on the UNFCCC CDM website. CDM Watch commends the Board members that have published their CVs online as well as made public statements on conflicts …
Read more “More than half of Board members do not take transparency seriously (Newsletter #7)”
Dear friends,
The CDM Executive Board will hold its 53rd meeting from 22-26 March 2010. CDM Watch takes again the opportunity to read between the lines of the annotated draft agenda (PDF) in order to bring some transparency to the decisions of the Executive Board.
Dear friends,
This first CDM Executive Board meeting in 2010 from 8 – 12 February will start off with a rather unusual challenge. For the first time in history, not all Board members were elected during the annual procedure as part of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in Copenhagen (CMP.5) in December 2009.
Dear friends,
Paving the way for the climax of climate talks at the COP-15 in Copenhagen, the CDM Executive Board will meet from 30 November – 4 December 2009.
The Board will decide upon revised methodology AM0023 concerning leak reduction from natural gas pipeline compressor or gate stations. The revision would expand the permitted techniques to measure the flow of gas leaks in natural gas transmission and distribution systems to two more techniques: (i) the calibrated bags technique (ii) the ultrasonic flow meters technique. …
Read more “Calibrated bags to measure gas leakage (Newsletter #4)”
Dear friends,
Just after UNFCCC delegates have battled over the future of the CDM during Bangkok Climate Talks, the CDM Executive Board will meet from 13 – 16 October 2009 in Bangkok to discuss a number of important issues.
Dear friends,
The CDM Executive Board will meet from 8 – 11 September 2009 in Bonn for their 5th meeting this year to discuss a number of important issues. CDM Watch takes again the opportunity to read between the lines of the annotated draft agenda in order to bring some transparency to the decisions of the Executive Board (the Board), the market regulator of the clean development mechanism (CDM).
Annex to decision 3/CMP.1 paragraph 8 (f) requests “members, including alternate members, of the Executive Board shall have no pecuniary or financial interest in any aspect of a CDM project activity or any designated operational entity.” However, Board members often play multiple roles at the same time, including UNFCCC negotiators, representing their countries’ DNA or …
Read more “Code of Conduct – improvement indispensable (Newsletter #2)”
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