India International Centre, New Delhi
16 November 2009
Jointly with several Indian Organisations***, CDM Watch organized a CDM workshop for NGOs, activists and citizens. More than 80 NGO representatives, activists and citizens met to discuss the performance of the CDM against its objectives. Participants concluded that any post-2012 mechanism must strengthen the principles of sustainable development and environmental integrity. They underlined the urgent need for reform in the CDM or replacement by an improved mechanism. Lessons learnt from the current CDM must be recognized by improving the participation of citizens in the process, amending flawed methodologies, creating more transparency in the CDM decision-making process and establishing a competent institutional set-up. The workshop concluded with a CDM Workshop Statement which was presented at the COP-15 in Copenhagen in December 2009.
The supporting documents in pdf file can be downloaded here:
The presentations in pdf file can be downloaded here:
- CDM Workshop – Overall Presentation (powerpoint file)
- CDMs for Sustainable Development? – Ajita Tiwari
- Stakeholder consultation, Public Hearing, Right to Information Act – Mahesh Pandya & Hiral Mehta, Paryavaran Mitra
- Ways to engage in the CDM project cycle – Eva Filzmoser, CDM Watch
- Indian CDM: subsidizing and legitimizing corporate pollution – Dr Hadida Yasmin, Nespon
- Hydropower in Himachal
- The ground realities of CDM – Center for Science and Environment
- Gold Standard and Sustainable Development: Role of NGO Supporters – Neha Rao, The Gold Standard Foundation
- Agriculture and Forestry in CDM – Sudha Padmanabha, Fair Climate Network
- Uganda’s Preparedness for CDM and the Approval Process – Chebet Maikut, Climate Change Unit/MWE
- Extractive Industries & Climate Change – R. Sreedhar
***Co-organisers of the workshop are:
- Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternative (GAIA) – www.no-burn.org
- South Asian Network on Dams Rivers And People (SANDRP) – www.sandrp.in
- Indian Network for Ethics and Climate Change (INECC) – www.inecc.net
- Laya – www.laya.org.in
- Paryavaran Mitra – www.paryavaranmitra.org.in
- Orissa Development Action Forum ODAF – www.odafforum.org
- The fair climate network (FCN) – www.fairclimate.com
- CDM Watch – www.cdm-watch.org
- Agricultural Development and Training Society (ADATS) – www.adats.com
- Matu Peoples’ Organisation
- Mines, minerals and PEOPLE (mmP)
- Centre for Education and Documentation (CED) – www.doccentre.net
