At the last CDM Executive Board (EB) meeting in October 2010, the EB discussed a proposal to make CDM auditors (DOEs) which originally approved the project liable for excess carbon offsets from approved projects[1]. The EB did not make a final decision on the
At the next meeting, the EB will consider new rules that would require CDM host countries to hire a CDM auditor (DOE) to validate their default grid emissions factors. CDM Watch welcomes such rules for the following reasons: Currently CDM projects that replace grid
Despite the current ban on HFC credit issuance, more than 800,000 CERs were issued to an HFC-23 abatement project in India on 12 November. The EB suspended issuance of HFC-23 credits in August 2010 and made public assurances that the suspension would remain in
Alarm about the environmental integrity of industrial gas abatement projects under the CDM has reached the highest political level in Europe. In response to mounting concern about HFC-23 and N2O projects, EU Commissioner for Climate Action, Connie Hedegaard, announced in August 2010 that the
At the meeting the CDM Executive Board (EB) will also decide whether or not to allow the renewal of the crediting period of the first HFC-23 Decomposition Project (Project 003) ever registered. The project is located in Ulsan, South Korea and operated by the
At this week’s meeting, the CDM Executive Board (EB) will discuss the results of the investigation undertaken by the Methodology Panel over the past few months. The EB will likely make decisions on how to address the fundamental flaws in the current crediting methodology
Dear friends,
Ahead of COP-16 which begins on 29 November, the CDM Executive Board is holding its 58th meeting from 22-26 November 2010 in Cancún. As usual, CDM Watch has taken the opportunity to read between the lines of the annotated draft agenda (PDF)
18 November 2010, Brussels, Belgium. Relentless behind-the-scenes lobbying by European companies, including ENEL, RWE and E.ON is delaying crucial legislation on the use of carbon offsets in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
Brussels, 09 November 2010 In the context of the European Commission’s upcoming proposal on quality restrictions on the use of industrial gas offsets in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, CDM Watch and EIA have produced a Q&A setting out our main concerns regarding two
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