At the upcoming intercessional conference starting on 3 June in Germany, Parties will discuss revisions to the rules that govern the CDM. We highlight the most important issues that need to be addressed in order to strengthen the environmental and social integrity of the
Letter sent on May 30 by over 150 NGOs to the full Green Climate Fund (GCF) Board and Secretariat being concerned about the GCF and wanting to ensure that it is a transparent, democratic, inclusive, and effective institution. The letter requests that civil society
Garbage dump in Hoang Cau, Hanoi (showing the contrasts in Hanoi). Source. By Mattijs Smits, PhD candidate at the University of Sydney and M-POWER research fellow The number of hydropower CDM projects has boomed in the last few years in Vietnam, on the back
Picture courtesy of Timbaktu Collective By Dr.Leena Gupta, Senior Scientist, Society for Promotion of Wasteland Development, New Delhi The Nallakonda Windpower project is having negative environmental and socio-economic impacts on the neighboring Kalpavalli area. Over the last months, we raised the issues with this project to the Indian
By Jiten Yumnam, Centre for Research and Advocacy, Manipur In the state of Sikkim, land of rhododendrons, in the Himalayan foothills in India’s North East, rivers have been aggressively dammed over the last decades. Dam developers are pushing these projects as clean energy
By Falguni Joshi, Gujarat Forum on CDM India is one of the biggest CDM host countries in the world. More than 2000 CDM projects are either already registered or under validation. More than 800 from these projects are wind power plants, 396 are biomass
By Eva Filzmoser, Carbon Market Watch After the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol has ended, countries have decided to review the modalities and procedures of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) this year. Changes to these underlying rules of the functioning
During the 7th Conference of the Parties (COP-7) held in Marrakesh in 2001, Parties to the Kyoto Protocol decided to review the modalities and procedures of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and agree upon a revised set of rules at COP-19. Although the political
Doha was the final session for the negotiation track on long-term cooperative action (LCA), established as part of the Bali Action Plan. Under this track, Parties discussed the details for establishing a new market mechanism (NMM) and a Framework for Various Approaches (FVA), including
Stay in touch and receive our monthly newsletter, campaign updates, event invites and more.
