Guest article by Katy Yan, International Rivers Many large hydro projects in the CDM are contentious because most are non-additional and cause environmental and social harm. International Rivers supports grassroots efforts to stop harmful hydro projects. Over the past few years collaboration between NGOs
Guest commentary by Payal Parekh Wikileaks released a cable sent by the American Consulate in Mumbai, India that candidly states that Indian CDM projects do not depend on CDM funding and are therefore not additional. Last week Wikileaks released a cable sent by the
Going against the recommendation of the Methodology Panel the CDM Executive Board did not suspend the flawed methodology for coal projects (ACM0013) during its last meeting. Furthermore, CDM Watch’s analysis shows that coal projects in India and China are not additional. These new coal
CDM Watch and Sandbag are organising a lunch debate on September 21, 2011 with members of the European Parliament. The focus of discussion will be whether contentious project types in the CDM undermine European climate goals. The European Union (EU) can achieve half of
Over the last two months, CDM Watch has been busy providing input to policy discussions and analyzing and speaking out against contentious projects. Below a list of our recent submissions and publications: CDM Executive Board calls for public input Input on the validation process
Dear friends,
We are happy to introduce you to the new layout of our newsletter. We provide a look at upcoming events, recent activities and our take on the latest burning issues. This Wednesday, Sept. 21, CDM Watch, Sandbag and Members of the
Brussels/Washington. The UN´s CDM Executive Board has once again failed to address flawed rules of controversial coal and HFC-23 projects. Environmental groups are now calling on the European Union to ban carbon credits from coal projects in the EU´s Emissions Trading Scheme. The groups
Kuala Lumpur. Despite warnings by a United Nations panel of technical experts that coal projects could lead to hundreds of millions of artificial carbon credits under the Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM) the CDM Executive Board members refused today to follow the UN panel´s recommendation
Washington D.C. As an United Nations panel of technical experts prepares to deliberate on the suspension of coal projects that, if approved, could lead to hundreds of millions of artificial carbon credits under the Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM), the CDM Executive Board registers another
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