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
Brussels. This week the United Nation’s Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board will decide whether to register a controversial carbon offsetting project in Honduras linked to serious human rights abuses. The project has triggered questions on whether credits from carbon offsetting projects that violate human
Marrakesh, Morocco. In a note published yesterday, a UN panel of technical experts called to immediately suspend coal projects under the Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM) after an analysis revealed that current rules could lead to millions of artificial carbon credits. The CDM Executive Board
Latest HFC-23 news at a glance: EU has made progress: HFC-23 carbon credits are banned in the EU ETS as of May 2013 At the last Environment Council meeting in June 2011, 16 EU Member states extended the EU ETS ban on HFC-23 CDM
Guest article by Mariel Vilella – Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) The Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives[1] (GAIA) has been closely examining CDM waste management projects. Most CDM municipal waste management projects are problematic for three main reasons: They help perpetuate waste management strategies that
At its last meeting back in June, the CDM Executive Board issued a call for public inputs on sustainability benefits in the CDM[1]. CDM Watch submitted recommendations to the CDM Executive Board on how co-benefits and negative impacts can be included in the documentation
At the UNFCCC intersession a few weeks ago, Parties continued negotiating the details of an appeals procedure, including who should have the right to appeal against decisions of the CDM Executive Board. This is a positive step towards creating a more accountable, democratic and
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