Report by the European Parliament on Human Rights and Climate Change: EU policy Options

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Study commissioned by the European Parliament DG for external policies (Directorate B – Policy Department) on Human Rights and Climate Change. Section 10.1.3 reports about human rights concerns regarding the acceptance of JI and CDM credits in the EU ETS with CDM project cases Barro Blanco (Panama) and Aguan (Honduras) cited as examples. The study recommends that the EU should be clear on the fact that JI/CDM credits from projects that violate or risk violating human rights may not be used within the EU ETS and that relevant criteria should be set up and imposed on investors located in MS territories. Bilateral agreement with host countries may be appropriate in this respect.

Press Release: CDM High Level Panel’s recommendations do not deliver

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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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The CDM sustainable development tool: why ‘highlighting’ will not deliver (Newsletter #20)

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The CDM Executive Board is currently developing a tool to highlight sustainable co-benefits of CDM projects and PoAs. An initially promising opportunity was unfortunately wasted when it was decided that this tool shall be voluntary, with no monitoring in place. Or in other words, useless.

Western Sahara: CDM project stirs conflict over host country approval on illegally occupied land (Newsletter #20)

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Guest article by Sara Eyckmans – Coordinator, Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) A wind farm project of a company owned by the Moroccan King is requesting approval under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism. The wind farm is situated in a territory illegally occupied by Morocco: Western Sahara. Yet, the Moroccan Government is qualified as the …

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The CDM Watch Network – The Voice of Civil Society in the CDM (Newsletter #20)

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The CDM Watch Network has helped empower civil society throughout the world to hold the CDM to account. This is important due to the increasing impact that CDM projects have in host countries. Effective public participation in the CDM is essential to strengthen its environmental integrity and to make sure that harmful projects do not …

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CDM Policy Dialogue’s final report – Countdown is on! (Newsletter #20)

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The high-level panel on the CDM Policy Dialogue is preparing its final report which is expected to be published in September 2012. CDM Watch has closely followed the consultation process and is worried that the final report will be heavily influenced by business lobbyists. CDM Watch calls on the Policy Dialogue members to give an …

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A Review of UNFCCC Carbon Market Developments (Newsletter #20)

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The last intercessional UN climate negotiations took place in May in Bonn, Germany. The main theme of the two-week conference seemed to be “diverging views” on about every agenda item. There were diverging views about the length of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol; about the work programme of the new Durban Platform …

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Massive Protests against Barro Blanco Hydropower Project in Panama

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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 requesting the help from the Almighty in this unequal struggle[1].  The …

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Human Rights in the CDM

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Scroll down for French and Spanish In 2011 the CDM Executive Board allowed two controversial projects to register, despite evidence of human rights abuses. The Board argued that it has no mandate to address the issue of human rights and that the responsibility for ensuring sustainable development lies with the host country. Problematic CDM Projects!Aguan …

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