Quick Navigation
You are here: Home : Editorials
Editorials
• Copenhagen Accord (Download PDF)COP-15 took place at Copenhagen from 7th December to 18th December, 2009. Copenhagen Accord is being made available as such for the benefit of our readers. We have tried to highlight important sections in the Accord so as to understand the crucial points.
readmore...
• Journey from COP-13 to COP15-A Recap (Download PDF)COP-13 conducted in Bali in December 2007 came out with an important draft decision through Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Co-operative Action under the Convention. The Conference of Parties resolved that there is an urgent need to enhance implementation action to achieve the ultimate objectives of the Convention. - Mr. K H Sharma (CDM Head)
readmore...
• Kyoto protocol designs Clean Development Mechanism (Download PDF)The nations around the world voluntarily united to sign the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) realizing the threat to earth due to increasing concentration of green house gases. Held in Rio de Janeiro from 3 to 14 June 1992, the treaty aimed at stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. It included a legally non binding, voluntary pledge that the major industrialized nations would reduce their GHG emissions by year 2000,but realizing that the voluntary targets were not met unless a legally binding agreement was made a necessity....
readmore...
• CDM Registration Cycle: Implementation route(Download PDF)The main steps involved in CDM project cycle...
readmore...
• CDM Project Development Requirements(Download PDF)CDM project activities must result in reducing or absorbing (sequestering) GHGs that are real and measurable and would not have occurred in the absence of the proposed project activity (additionality) (UNFCCC 2001b, 20). In other words, to qualify for credits, a project activity must demonstrate that GHG emissions were reduced against the "baseline scenario," a representation of GHG emissions under normal circumstances...
readmore...
• Voluntary Projects issues Voluntary Emission Reductions (VERs) (Download PDF)Voluntary Emission Reduction(s), VERs are generated due to the monitoring and reduction of Green house gas emissions associated with the individual operations. VERs are issued to the mitigation activities which happen because of voluntary initiative in addressing climate change and not mandatory requirement as described in Kyoto based mechanism. VERs must represent real verifiable emission reductions in addition to the business-as-usual scenario....
readmore...
• CDM Opportunity in Industries(Download PDF)CDM promotes sustainable development in developing countries and allow industrialized countries to earn emission credits for their investments in emission-reducing projects in developing countries. Following are the industries that have an opportunity to implement clean development mechanism.
readmore...