Dear friends,
Ahead of the 6-17 June UN Climate Change Conference, which will be preceded by the 61st CDM Executive Board meeting we take the opportunity to highlight human rights issues in the CDM and also update you on other important policy developments.
Brussels. CDM Watch calls on the United Nations´ CDM Executive Board to reject the proposed new rules for calculating emission reductions from industrial gas projects because they undermine the Montreal Protocol and risk carbon leakage.
Download pdf here Introduction HFC-23 is an unwanted byproduct from the production of HCFC-22, a refrigerant gas that is currently subject to a phase-out under the Montreal Protocol due to its ozone-depleting properties. As a greenhouse gas, HFC-23 is 11,700 times more potent than
Brussels. Today, the European Commission’s draft Regulation banning the use of credits from industrial gas projects in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) post-2012 was formally approved. Environmental groups are now calling on EU Member States to extend the ban to sectors not
Guest article by Ranjan K. Panda, published in ‘Terra Green’, New Delhi A not-so-clean development mechanism Titled “Improving Rural Livelihoods through Carbon Sequestration by Adopting Environment-Friendly Technology-based Agroforestry Practices”, the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in Odisha aims at mobilizing resource-poor farmers to raise tree
Brussels.The United Nation’s Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board has so far failed to respond to human rights abuses linked to a carbon offsetting project in Honduras that is currently pending registration. Environmental and Human Rights Groups are now demanding that the project be rejected
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The World Bank continues its fossil fuel financing binge, evading environmental standards and worsening poverty and pollution — that’s the conclusion of a new report released today, just before the start of the World Bank’s spring meetings in Washington, D.C.
Guest article by Oscar Sogandares, Asociacion Ambientalista de Chiriqui (ASAMCHI) My t-shirt still smells from the firewood of the protest camp, where I spent several nights accompanying their cause. The beginning of the day would start with group prayers in Ngobe and in Spanish
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