At this week’s meeting, the CDM Executive Board (EB) will discuss the results of the investigation undertaken by the Methodology Panel over the past few months. The EB will likely make decisions on how to address the fundamental flaws in the current crediting methodology
18 November 2010, Brussels, Belgium. Relentless behind-the-scenes lobbying by European companies, including ENEL, RWE and E.ON is delaying crucial legislation on the use of carbon offsets in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
Brussels, 09 November 2010 In the context of the European Commission’s upcoming proposal on quality restrictions on the use of industrial gas offsets in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, CDM Watch and EIA have produced a Q&A setting out our main concerns regarding two
November 08, 2010 Anja Kollmuss, Michael Lazarus. Stockholm Environment Institute N2O Nitric Acid summary (download pdf) To download the full study go to: http://sei-us.org/publications/id/354 Summary: Industrial gas projects implemented under the CDM have come under increased scrutiny due to concerns related to high profit
Brussels. The European Commission is working on a proposal to introduce quality restrictions on industrial gas offsets in the EU ETS. On 25 of October, CDM Watch made a submission to the Commission comprising the following documents: CDM Watch Submission to the European Commission –
Brussels. Incentives created by the UNFCCC Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) have caused a significant shift of adipic acid production from plants in industrialized countries to CDM plants in China and South Korea, a new study shows. This has led to “carbon leakage” – a
CDM Watch’s submission on DOE Liability – download pdf
Brussels, Tianjin. In a surprising move, the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change has refused to forward a formal request by CDM Watch to the CDM Executive Board and its Methodologies Panel. The submission shows that current crediting rules for
CDM Watch found that the crediting rules for new grid connected fossil fuel fired power plants using a less GHG intensive technology (ACM0013) use outdated data to determine baseline emissions and ignore that the efficiency of new fossil fuel-fired power plants increases over time.
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