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MitigationMitigation of climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.The bulk of greenhouse gases emissions caused by human activity come from the energy sector, primarily as a result of burning fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) to provide electrical power, heat, transportation, and energy for industrial production processes. Burning fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide, which is by far the most significant of the greenhouse gases. Improved energy efficiency, and greater use of renewable sources of energy, such as solar, wind, hydro and modernized biomass technologies, can provide opportunities for people to enjoy essential energy services while consuming much less fuel and generating lower emission levels. In addition, they can help address local and national environmental problems like urban air pollution and acid rain, as well as climate change. UNDP CDM Manual The UNDP CDM User’s Guide can be accessed by clicking on each of the following sections: Earlier drafts of this guide benefited from regional discussion with country offices and other bureaux and unit at UNDP as well from external organizations and resource persons. The CDM User’s Guide is meant to be a living document that will be periodically updated, based in part from learning from experience, as the rules and regulations relating to the implementation of CDM are strengthened. This guide is currently being field-tested in selected countries through collaboration with UNDP regional bureaux and country offices. We look forward to continued feedback so that this evolving document can advance the use of CDM as a voluntary and mutually beneficial resource for meeting the emissions reduction commitments of developed countries while promoting sustainable development in developing countries. Please send your comments to Brian Dawson, Climate Change and CDM Adviser at UNDP (brian.dawson@undp.org). The Clean Development Mechanism, CDMWhat is CDM? UNDP is supporting knowledge sharing and capacity building activities that will allow developing countries to take maximum advantage of the new financing opportunities provided by the Clean Development Mechanism. These include 'learning by doing' capacity development projects as well as information workshops and the development of UNDP's CDM Manual. MDGs and CDM For the success of CDM it is important to explore and ensure robust mitigation options that are responsive to cost effectiveness and long-term capacity building for sustainable development. It is the prerogative of the host developing country to develop and determine appropriate sustainable development criteria for CDM projects. While the selected criteria may vary from country to country, it is vital that the principles are clearly defined, transparent, build up on the exiting knowledge base of the three pillars of sustainability, viz., environment, social and economic and that they are arrived at in an open participatory method. By aligning the principles of equity and efficiency, criteria for project selection can be developed which ultimately support the longer-term goal of sustainable development. Developing countries are increasingly becoming aware of the need to have clearly defined sustainable development criteria that will allow them to explore the possibility of the ability of CDM activities to address the needs of the poorest segments of the population. The MDGs serve as a comprehensive, long-term benchmark to ensure that CDM projects are in line with sustainable development objectives. The success of the CDM is contingent on short-term capacity needs sufficiently developed so that the long-term objective of an actively linked global carbon emissions market is successfully implemented and that developing countries can yield sustainable development benefits from emissions reduction projects. The MDGs would allow developing countries to place the CDM within a larger rubric of sustainable development with concrete development outcomes such as hunger and poverty reduction, education and health goals, gender equality and empowerment, reduction in child mortality, environmental sustainability and global partnerships for development achieved through the benefits of reducing GHG emissions, receiving new technologies, and reaping the benefits of economic growth and FDI. CDM Activities Learning by doing CDM Capacity Development projects in Nicaragua -
joint activity of RBLAC, BDP and Nicaragua Country office Learning by doing CDM capacity development activities in Peru and Trinidad
& Tobago (Joint Project RBLAC, BDP and UNDP Peru and UNDP Trinidad
& Tobago respectively); CDM Projects Project Document: CoP-9 side-event held in Milan, Italy, Dec 5, 2003. UNF funded CDM Project: Promoting innovative Public-private Partnerships
for efficient CDM Operations -Preparatory Phase Other Activities on CDM Lessons learnt from establishing of Designated National Authorities in selected countries. CoP-9 side-event series held in Milan, Italy, Dec 2, 6 a and 8, 2003. Download PowerPoint Presentations Asia Pacific workshop on Efficient Implementation of CDM organized
in partnership with The World Bank, Government of Canada, Government
of Malaysia, RBAP and UNDP Malaysia CDM workshop in collaboration with the Government of Indonesia and
NEDO.. 15-16 Sept, 2003 CDM Connect UNDP's Clean Development Mechanism Network: a web-based knowledge-sharing portal on CDM issues
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