Further Development of the Project-Based Mechanisms in a Post-2012 Regime
Study on behalf of the German Environment Ministry on possible quality criteria for a reformed CDM.
While the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) continues to grow rapidly, there are many critics doubting its climate integrity and its contribution to sustainable development. Against this background, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU, Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit) commissioned the Wuppertal Institute to conduct a study on the further development of the project-based CDM within the future climate regime. The study focuses on how to foster the CDM’s quality in terms of its contribution to sustainable development and technology transfer, as well as quantitative aspects, that is, the environmental integrity of CDM projects. The aim was to develop concrete recommendations on how to improve the effectiveness of the CDM in qualitative and quantitative terms.
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