Brussels, 10 Sept, 2012. Today the High-Level Panel for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Policy Dialogue presented its final report with recommendations on how to improve the CDM. The report fails to address some of the fundamental flaws of the CDM, in particular how to address the large oversupply of credits that do not represent …
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Statement by CCAP and CDM Watch on the G77 proposal to address AAU surplus The Centre for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) and CDM Watch welcome the proposal to address AAU surplus presented yesterday by G77. It is a good step in the right direction because it cancels 13Gt of AAU surplus at the end of …
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Scroll down for Spanish By Mariel Vilella, Climate Policy Campaigner, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) Members of the European Parliament from a wide political spectrum, civil society organizations from 23 countries and international networks have signed a letter to the European Commission and the CDM Executive Board to demand an immediate halt to all …
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Scroll down for Spanish By Jorge Tadeo Vargas, Rising Tide Mexico, member of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) In the past two years, waste management within the CDM in Mexico has been gaining greater importance than any other carbon market project type. However, this has not benefited the most vulnerable communities. On the …
Scroll down for Spanish By Eduardo Bohórquez and Bruno Brandão, Transparencia Mexicana (Transparency International national chapter) Transparencia Mexicana analysed how all Project Design Documents for CDM projects in Mexico report about local stakeholder consultations. The results revealed that a lack of regulation and guidelines affects the quality of consultation processes, the reporting of results and …
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Scroll down for Spanish By Falguni Joshi, Gujarat Forum on CDM India accounts for almost a quarter of all CDM projects, counting 857 registered projects to date. Numbers tell a progressive story, but the people affected by these projects – the local stakeholders – are neglected in the process. The local population is the most …
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Scroll down for Spanish by Gabriela Toledo Roman, Colectivo Viento Sur On July 18 CDM Watch and Collectivo Viento Sur organized a civil society roundtable at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Santiago to discuss about the CDMs performance in Chile and new market mechanisms. During the roundtable, Eduardo Giesen and Diego Martinez-Schütt presented case studies …
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Scroll down for Spanish At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, the cornerstones of the Kyoto Protocol were laid down which then created the so-called Clean Development Mechanism with the aim of achieving carbon emission reductions and, at the same time, deliver sustainable development. Twenty years have passed and sustainable development remains one of the …
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