CDM Watch has confronted the United Nations with new evidence that alleged emissions reductions from HFC-23 destruction projects under the CDM offsetting mechanism are actually increasing global greenhouse gas emissions. The evidence was put forward in an official submission which calls for a benchmark
Deutsche CDM-Projekte und staatliche Steuerung der Projektnutzung – Nicola Jaeger, Berlin 2010. This thesis offers a comprehensive and well-researched overview of the CDM and its current situation in Germany. Analysing current academic discussions, the author critically looks at market-based approaches to the climate crisis
download pdf file An in depth look into measuring additionality from studies in India’s electricity sector and other Chinese and Indian project documents by Barbara Haya at UC Berkeley’s Energy and Resources group. Some snippets: “Our inability to accurately measure how much individual projects
Decision 2/CMP.5 also requests the Executive Board to enhance the interaction and communication between the Board and stakeholders. The Board responded to this request by mandating the secretariat to initiate activities and to present a first report during this 54th Board meeting. With the
In Decision 2/CMP.5, the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol requested the Board to design – following consultation with stakeholder – procedures for appeals to challenge decisions by the CDM Executive Board and DOE performance[1]. Therefore, the Board lodged a call for inputs from stakeholders
In 2009, several wind projects in China were rejected because they were found to be non-additional[1]. The underlying argument assumed that feed-in tariffs were lowered compared to historic subsidies so to ensure that the projects qualify for the CDM, thus, making them non-additional. Approving
When approving of the first large scale biodiesel methodology (ACM0017) in September 2009, the Board sent a clear signal to the carbon market that CDM doors are open to biodiesel production from food crops that have specifically been grown for fuel[1]. Shortly after the
During this meeting, the Board will also discuss a draft procedure for the submission and consideration of requests for revision of approved baseline and monitoring methodologies and tools for large scale CDM project activities. As part of this discussion, CDM Watch strongly urges the
During this week’s Board meeting, members will decide upon revision requests of 21 projects[1]. According to Point Carbon, these projects are earmarked to reduce about 16 million CERs by 2013, worth around €47 million. Almost half of these emissions are claimed by the 4000-MW
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