Establishing additionality: fraud vulnerabilities in the clean development mechanism

Additionality in the Clean Development Mechanism Why and What?

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Co-Benefits and Additionality of the Clean Development Mechanism: An Empirical Analysis∗

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) allows industrialized countries to comply with the Kyoto Protocol by using carbon offsets from developing countries. There are two puzzles within this carbon market: additionality (the proposed activity would not have occurred in its absence) and co-benefits (the project has other environmental benefits besides climate mitigation). This paper proposes an ec...

Clean Development Mechanism

1. At its sixty-ninth meeting, the Executive Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) of the clean development mechanism (CDM) considered the draft " Guidelines for determination of baseline and additionality thresholds for standardized baselines using the performance-penetration approach " (the guidelines) prepared by the secretariat. The Board provided comments and requested the secretari...

Clean Development meChanism

INtrODuCtION The Clean Development Mechanism has been recognized as a force for the empowerment of women through its various methodologies. While these methodologies may not have started out to be gender-friendly per se, their application has improved women's lives and by extension the lives of their communities. This publication will highlight some of these gender-friendly methodologies, as we...

Clean Development Mechanism Introduction to the CDM