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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Scroll down for Spanish By Mariel Vilella, Climate Policy Campaigner, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Members of the European Parliament from a wide political spectrum, civil society organizations from 23 countries and international networks have signed a letter to the European Commission and
Scroll down for Spanish By Jorge Tadeo Vargas, Rising Tide Mexico, member of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) In the past two years, waste management within the CDM in Mexico has been gaining greater importance than any other carbon market project type.
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.
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