Scroll down for French and Spanish Hydropower comprises 30% of all carbon offsets projects registered under the CDM. Over 1,000 hydropower projects are already registered under the CDM and another 700 are applying for registration, more than any other project type. Problematic CDM Projects
Scroll down for French and Spanish HFC-23 HFC-23 is an unwanted by-product in the manufacture of HCFC-22, a refrigerant and temporary substitute for CFCs. The destruction of HFC-23 in HCFC-22 plants in developing countries can be registered as a CDM project and leads to
Scroll down for French and Spanish Problematic CDM Projects to WATCH! Nallakonda – Wind farm project, India Barro Blanco – Large hydro project, Panama Timarpur-Okhla, Waste incineration project, India View more examples… The CDM has a dual mandate to deliver climate mitigation and sustainability
Scroll down for French and Spanish Problematic CDM Projects to WATCH! Nallakonda – Wind farm project, India Rampur – Hydro power project, India View more examples… Carbon offset mechanisms such as the CDM can only be effective climate mitigation policy tools if their resulting
After the CDM Policy Dialogue was launched at COP-17 in Durban the members of the high-level panel held its first meeting this February. The first meeting provided clarity that the panel will be developing recommendations about the CDM’s internal workings, the future direction and
The CDM Executive Board will discuss a revision of the coal methodology at its upcoming meeting. We described the shortcomings of the revisions in a technical note to the Board. Despite the proposed, more stringent rules, many CDM coal projects will still result in
Published Articles and Joint-submissions NGO Newsletter: Watch This! NGO Voices on the CDM, Issue 1 (April 2012) Guest Commentary on EU’s CER eligibility criteria by Eva Filzmoser, CDM Watch, Point Carbon CDM&JI Monitor (22.02.2012) CAN International Submission on a New Market-based Mechanism (09.03.2012) CAN
Guest article by Mahesh Pandya (Paryavaran Mitra) and Falguni Joshi (Gujarat Forum on CDM) Along with local partner organisation Paryanvara Mitra, CDM Watch hosted its second successful CDM workshop in April 2012 in India. The workshop was held at Gujarat Vidyapith, a university founded by
CDM Watch is organising a side-event in Bonn where civil society representatives will meet members of the CDM Policy Dialogue Panel. The presenters will discuss lessons learnt from CDM projects and lay out a series of specific recommendations to improve the CDMs ability to
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