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
Review of funds expenditure obtained under the international emissions trading in Ukraine SUMMARY The countries of Central and Eastern Europe and former Soviet Union have the largest greenhouse gas emission quotas surplus as a result of economic recession in the 1990s rather than due to systematic implementation
Scroll down for French and Spanish Policy Issues that affect the CDM’s environmental integrity The CDM Executive Board makes decisions on a large number of issues, including project registrations, the issuing of carbon credits as well as decisions about policy issues every time they
Scroll down for French and Spanish The CDM is the largest (but not the only) offsetting mechanism. Under the UNFCCC, there is the CDM’s little brother, Joint Implementation (JI), which works in a very similar way to the CDM but is for offset projects
Brussels, 13 September 2012. This week the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) decided to reward the construction of new coal power plants with carbon credits, overruling recommendations by its own technical experts. Board members also strongly opposed improvements that would reduce
Brussels, Sept 13, 2012. Current Kyoto Protocol rules allow rich countries to continue to emit greenhouse gases on a business-as-usual trajectory while accumulating over 17 billion tonnes of surplus emission reduction permits by 2020, a new study shows. This astronomical surplus threatens the viability
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
Statement by CCAP and CDM Watch on the G77 proposal to address AAU surplus The Centre for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) and CDM Watch welcome the proposal to address AAU surplus presented yesterday by G77. It is a good step in the right direction
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