CLIMATE

 

1. Executive Summary
2. Introduction
3. CDM background and operational issues
4. CDM project eligibility criteria
5. CDM project crediting criteria
6. Indicators for monitoring during project cycle
7. Indicators of net GHG emissions reductions
8. Conclusions
9. Bibliography

Criteria and Indicators for Appraising Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Projects
By Steve THORNE, Energy Transformations, Cape Town, South Africa and Dr. Emilio Lèbre LA ROVERE, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil¹
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October 1999 ¹The authors and the Project Co-ordinator, Dr. Hélène Connor, would like to thank Jim Barnes, Ophelia Cowell and contributing members of the Climate Action Network world-wide for their input to this paper. The preparation of this work has been supported by Gaz de France and constitutes the first of four phases planned to lead to empirical testing of the indicators in real project environments.
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