Validate your greenhouse gas emission reduction projects for UN approval
Overview
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) allows greenhouse gas emission reduction projects to take place in countries that have no emission targets under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Kyoto Protocol, yet are signatories.
The CDM encourages responsible investment from industrialized nations in the developing world [view list of Annex 1 countries or view list of Non-Annex 1 countries] through the application of stringent criteria prescribed by the UNFCCC CDM Executive Board:
- Sustainable development - projects must meet the criteria for environmental, social and economic development
- Additionality - projects must prove that they would not proceed without the CDM being in place. They must offer cuts or avoidance of emissions beyond ‘business as usual’
- Host country approval - projects must be approved by the Designated National Authority in the project’s ‘host’ country
- Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) - This determines that the project is not detrimental to the immediate local environment
Governments or organizations use the resulting Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) from the CDM projects to help meet their Kyoto greenhouse gas targets.
CDM projects must be validated before commencement and subsequently verified annually by an independent third party. For the CDM, these bodies are called Designated Operational Entities (DOE) and must be accredited by the UNFCCC’s CDM Executive Board.
We are accredited as a DOE to validate CDM projects in the renewable and non-renewable energy production and distribution industry (scopes 1, 2 and 3 as shown on the UNFCCC website).
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