The Clean Development Mechanism: An Assessment of Progress

UNDP

2006

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The following report reviews experience with the CDM over its first few years of operation (i.e., 2002 through mid-2006) and assesses progress thus far in its growth and evolution. This review of progress with the CDM has been prepared by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the lead United Nations agency for building national capacity for sustainable development, particularly with respect to providing technical assistance on climate change activities. UNDP believes that the CDM has the potential to make a significant contribution to sustainable economic development in poorer countries. Along with other emerging markets in environmental services, the CDM is likely to provide higher flows of technology and capital to developing countries than otherwise would have occurred. These flows are likely to target several project types that have traditionally been supported through official development assistance (ODA) and as such will augment current ODA funding levels. The CDM also could play an important role in increasing access to modern energy services for the poor and tackling issues related to poverty and the environment—both priority areas for UNDP. To address the issues outlined above, this report draws on a variety of information sources. Chief among these has been a series of country studies commissioned by UNDP, which provide in-depth assessments of experience with the CDM in 11 selected countries, spanning five global regions (i.e., Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, and Latin America and the Caribbean). The report also incorporates information and insights from a broad range of additional countries, based on UNDP experience with capacity building activities related to the CDM. Further information and input has been provided by various entities directly involved in CDM projects, including project developers as well as brokers and market analysts specialized in international emissions trading. [www.energyandenvironment.undp.org]

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