See Newsletter #1, November 2012 At its last meeting in September, CDM Executive Board made a series of unfortunate decisions. At their upcoming meeting in Doha they will again discuss a number of important issues. At a time when carbon markets are collapsing due
El Foro de Discusión de la Vigilancia del MDL es un lugar para debatir experiencias y opiniones positivas y negativas. El objetivo es obtener una imagen precisa de lo que realmente está ocurriendo sobre el terreno y aprovechar las lecciones aprendidas. ¿El MDL ha
When the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board held its meeting in September in Bangkok more than 4,500 CDM projects had been registered and more than 1 billion CDM offset credits or Certified Emission Reduction (CER) units issued. At the same time, CER prices
Study commissioned by the European Parliament DG for external policies (Directorate B – Policy Department) on Human Rights and Climate Change. Section 10.1.3 reports about human rights concerns regarding the acceptance of JI and CDM credits in the EU ETS with CDM project cases
Brussels, 10 Sept, 2012. Today the High-Level Panel for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Policy Dialogue presented its final report with recommendations on how to improve the CDM. The report fails to address some of the fundamental flaws of the CDM, in particular how
The CDM Executive Board is currently developing a tool to highlight sustainable co-benefits of CDM projects and PoAs. An initially promising opportunity was unfortunately wasted when it was decided that this tool shall be voluntary, with no monitoring in place. Or in other words,
Guest article by Sara Eyckmans – Coordinator, Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) A wind farm project of a company owned by the Moroccan King is requesting approval under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism. The wind farm is situated in a territory illegally occupied by
The CDM Watch Network has helped empower civil society throughout the world to hold the CDM to account. This is important due to the increasing impact that CDM projects have in host countries. Effective public participation in the CDM is essential to strengthen its
The high-level panel on the CDM Policy Dialogue is preparing its final report which is expected to be published in September 2012. CDM Watch has closely followed the consultation process and is worried that the final report will be heavily influenced by business lobbyists.
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