download pdf file From the IMCG Newsletter: New CDM biodiesel methodology may threaten peatlands John Couwenberg and Hans Joosten investigate yet another poor methodology that has been recently approved by the CDM Executive Board, ACM0017, which targets projects in biodiesel made specifically from agrofuel
If approved, this Project could lead to excess issuance of Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) beyond any actual emissions reductions. Our analysis of the PDD indicates that the DOE must not validate the Project under the ACM0013 methodology.
Currently, around 1380 hydro projects are seeking CDM support. 130 projects are already generating CERs and have so far received 15.335 Million CERs, amounting to more than 184 Mill. €. But a large number of hydro power projects are not additional, as highlighted many
In total, four projects that reduce N2O from adipic acid production are currently registered in China, South Korea and Brazil. CDM revenues of Millions of Euros for these plants have caused a production shift from industrialized countries to these four projects which have caused
In 2009, 660 projects requested registration. Due to non-compliance with registration requirements, 367 reviews were requested and 163 projects were finally reviewed. During this 52th EB meeting, the number hits records: 117 projects will be discussed. Review is requested of 82 projects and 35
This first EB meeting in 2010 should start off with a new set of 10 members and 10 alternates that were elected by Parties in Copenhagen. However, in practice there are only 4 new individuals on Board (marked with * in the table below/on
The yearly meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol took place for the 5th consecutive time in Copenhagen (CMP.5) in December 2009. One off the aims was to improve the current CDM and
download pdf file Dutch CDM projects in the palm oil sector by Jan Willem van Gelder and Petra Spaargaren, Profundo The Netherlands, through the Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), authorized the Bermuda-based company AES AgriVerde as a project proponent in
New Delhi, India–16 November 2009 In an effort to discuss reasons for the failure of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), more than 80 activists, citizens and representatives of NGOs from Armenia, Bangladesh, India and Uganda gathered at a workshop in New Delhi. They concluded
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