The right choice by the native peoples of Panama (Watch This! #5)

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Native forests threatened by Barro Blanco hydrodam. Photo courtesy of Oscar Sogandares By Oscar G. Sogandares, Spokesperson Asociación Ambientalista de Chiriquí Last month, the Coordination of Indigenous Peoples of Panama (COONAPIP) representing the seven indigenous peoples of Panama withdrew from the UN REDD Programme in Panama. In a letter to the UN, COONAPIP explains that …

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CDM Review (Watch This! #5)

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  By Eva Filzmoser, Carbon Market Watch   After the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol has ended, countries have decided to review the modalities and procedures of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) this year. Changes to these underlying rules of the functioning of the CDM will be adopted at the next UNFCCC conference …

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Press statement: International organizations welcome World Bank Ombudsman´s initiative to scrutinize investment project in Bajo Aguán, Honduras

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International organizations welcome the World Bank Ombudsman´s initiative to scrutinize an investment project of the International Finance Corporation due to allegations of human rights violations of peasant communities in the Lower Aguán valley, Honduras, and demand immediate halt to the project. See the international statement here. However, a similar project at the same location remains …

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The Challenge of Deploying Wind Energy in Mexico – The case of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (Watch This! #4)

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See Watch This! #4, December 2012 By the Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) and the Mexican Environmental Law Center (CEMDA) The Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA) is a nonprofit environmental law organization that works across international borders to defend threatened ecosystems and the human communities that depend on them. Its mission is to strengthen …

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Film Screening at COP18: The Carbon Rush

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A Middle Eastern premiere and special presentation of the film ‘The Carbon Rush’ is occurring during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP18 Conference in Doha, Qatar. The film is presented by the Indigenous Environmental Network. It is a public event and entrance is free. See the Facebook event page for more info. Location: STUDENT …

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CDM Executive Board – Bad timing for wrong-headed decisions (Newsletter #1)

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See Newsletter #1, November 2012 At its last meeting in September, CDM Executive Board made a series of unfortunate decisions. At their upcoming meeting in Doha they will again discuss a number of important issues. At a time when carbon markets are collapsing due to severe oversupply, the CDM needs to be significantly reformed. Board …

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¡OPINA! Tablón de anuncios: Kit de herramientas MDL, Foro de Discusión, Nuevo Documental: ‘¡Resistencia!’ (¡Opina! #1)

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El Foro de Discusión de la Vigilancia del MDL es un lugar para debatir experiencias y opiniones positivas y negativas. El objetivo es obtener una imagen precisa de lo que realmente está ocurriendo sobre el terreno y aprovechar las lecciones aprendidas. ¿El MDL ha logrado sus objetivos? ¿Qué cambios necesitamos para crear beneficios netos para …

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The CDM Executive Board flabbergasts with wrong-headed decisions (Watch this! #3)

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When the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Executive Board held its meeting in September in Bangkok more than 4,500 CDM projects had been registered and more than 1 billion CDM offset credits or Certified Emission Reduction (CER) units issued. At the same time, CER prices had fallen to less than 1.5 EUR. Point Carbon, an independent industry analyst, projected that prices for CERs would fall to 0.5 EUR by 2020. Too many credits and not enough demand are causing this price collapse. It is doubly unfortunate that the Board made several decisions that will increase the number of credits issued that come from projects with very questionable environmental integrity.