Designated National Authority (DNA) Search To get in contact with Designated National Authorities follow the link below to search by a country (Annex 1/Non-annex 1): http://cdm.unfccc.int/DNA/index.html Despite the CDM’s aim to contribute to sustainable development, CDM projects often have serious negative impacts on local
Scroll down for French and Spanish The EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) is a cap-and-trade system which came into force in 2005. The EU-ETS is the largest mandatory cap-and-trade scheme to date and includes 30 European countries. Up to 50% of the EU-wide reductions
Scroll down for French and Spanish In Durban at the COP-17 in December 2011, Parties decided that a new international market mechanism (NMM) should be established under the UNFCCC that will complement the CDM and JI. The details of how a NMM will work
Scroll down for French and Spanish Materiality standards define which errors have to be corrected and which can be ignored because they are too insignificant when calculating the amount of offset credits a project receives. In principle CDM Watch agrees with having rules on
Scroll down for French and Spanish Designated Operational Entities (DOEs) validate CDM projects and verify the offsets that are issued to a project. The CDM is an offsetting mechanism. This means that the emission reductions credited under the CDM entitle the buyers of the
Scroll down for French and Spanish CDM municipal waste management projects can be problematic for three main reasons: They help perpetuate waste management strategies that prevent the use of other, more sustainable options They may threaten the livelihoods of waste pickers – some of
Scroll down for French and Spanish The Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) established a cap-and-trade system that imposes national caps on the greenhouse gas emissions of developed countries that have ratified the Protocol (called Annex B countries).
Scroll down for French and Spanish In 2011 the CDM Executive Board allowed two controversial projects to register, despite evidence of human rights abuses. The Board argued that it has no mandate to address the issue of human rights and that the responsibility for
Scroll down for French and Spanish Problematic CDM Projects to WATCH ON! JK Papermill – Afforestation project, India Plantar – Pig iron project, Brazil View more examples… The CDM currently allows afforestation and reforestation (A/R) activities. These describe the direct conversion of non-forested land
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