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
Scroll down for Spanish By Eduardo Bohórquez and Bruno Brandão, Transparencia Mexicana (Transparency International national chapter) Transparencia Mexicana analysed how all Project Design Documents for CDM projects in Mexico report about local stakeholder consultations. The results revealed that a lack of regulation and guidelines
Scroll down for Spanish By Falguni Joshi, Gujarat Forum on CDM India accounts for almost a quarter of all CDM projects, counting 857 registered projects to date. Numbers tell a progressive story, but the people affected by these projects – the local stakeholders –
Scroll down for Spanish by Gabriela Toledo Roman, Colectivo Viento Sur On July 18 CDM Watch and Collectivo Viento Sur organized a civil society roundtable at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Santiago to discuss about the CDMs performance in Chile and new market mechanisms.
Scroll down for Spanish At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, the cornerstones of the Kyoto Protocol were laid down which then created the so-called Clean Development Mechanism with the aim of achieving carbon emission reductions and, at the same time, deliver sustainable development.
Scroll down for Spanish This time last year the CDM Watch Network was just launched. Since then word has spread and the network has grown from a few activists and academics working with us on the CDM and carbon markets to nearly 500 member
Scroll down for Spanish Countdown’s almost up: The high-level panel on the CDM Policy Dialogue has finalised its report at their last meeting from 24-26 July in Johannesburg. The report summing up reform recommendations will be released in September 2012. We have closely followed
Scroll down for Spanish The 68th meeting of the CDM Executive Board (EB) held in Bonn from 16 -20 July brought a victory against coal power projects in the CDM. It also advanced discussions on the sustainable development reporting (SD) tool that will be
Scroll down for French and Spanish Although the stakeholder consultation process is a key requirement in the CDM process cycle, it has so far been treated as a mere formality. Often communities impacted by CDM projects are not informed about CDM projects or not given an
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