We believe that this project is not additional and if approved, will lead to excess issuance of Certified Emissions Reductions (CER’s) beyond any actual emissions reduction. We emphasize that according our analysis of PDD the Project “Gudur Thermal Power Project” must not receive a positive validation under the ACM0013 ver. 4 methodology.
As demonstrated in the following sections, the project owner of Sujiahekou Hydropower Station: (1) could not have considered CDM before the construction began; (2) might have reported its project information untruthfully to either the National Development and Reform Committee of People’s Republic of China (hereafter referred to as “NDRC”) or the ERM Certification and Verification Services Ltd.; and (3) might not have obtained the necessary approval from the NDRC of the People’s Republic of China as required by law.
CDM Watch respectfully submits the following comment on the Project Design Document (PDD) for “Grid Connected Energy Efficient Power Generation by Nabha Power Limited”, India.
We highlight the importance of recognizing the integral role of transparency in the CDM validation process, and for taking this comment into consideration.
In order to call EU Member states to extend the ban of HFC and adipic acid CDM credits to non-traded sectors, CDM Watch wrote the following open letters to EU Environment/Climate ministers in March 2011. See responses attached.
Please find here a comment on behalf of Greenpeace US, Sierra Club and CDM Watch, on the Project Design Document (PDD) for “Energy efficient power generation at Dahej in Gujarat, India”.
The signatories to the letter call on the UK Government to immediately withdraw authorisation for the proposed CDM project “Aguan biogas recovery from Palm Oil Mill Effluent ponds and biogas utilisation” by Exportadora del Atlantico in Honduras. Authorisation for EDF Trading to purchase CDM credits (CERs) from this project was granted by the UK Government on 3rd June 2009, shortly before the military coup.
We would like to bring to your attention that not only the additionality of the Barro Blanco Project is seriously questionable, but that our concerns also relate to lack of adequate public consultation and the potential use of CERs for the compensation of affected communities as well as human rights abuses involving the company GENISA against the lands of the Ngobe indigenous peoples
At the 58th CDM Executive Board meeting, the Board considered the outcome of the work undertaken by the Meth Panel on HCFC22 production and HFC-23 generation as related to methodology AM0001 and requested the Meth Panel to revise the methodology. The Board also requested the Meth Panel to consider the extent of revision of the …
Read more “Unsolicited Letter: Publishing of Methodology Panel Report on HFC-23 Issues (AM0001)”
On behalf of Biofuel Watch, Salva la Selva/Rettet den Regenwald and CDM Watch sent a letter to the EB to express our serious concerns about the proposed CDM project involving Exportadora del Atlántico in Bajo Aguan in Honduras. Our concerns relate to human rights abuses involving the company in question as well as serious questions regarding their claim to the land on which the oil palm plantations are located, and thus to the requirement for CDM projects to support ‘sustainable development’ and, furthermore, to additionality.
On behalf of the organisations listed above and civil society around the world, we call on your Excellency to ensure that the CMP decisions taken this week stop the issuance of carbon credits that do not represent real and additional emission reductions and that undermine developed countries’ mitigation commitments under the Kyoto Protocol and divert investment away from sustainable clean energy projects in a wider range of countries.
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