CDM-WATCH

The CDM is a complex instrument with limited opportunities for stakeholder input. One key task for improving project quality and preventing negative impacts is therefore to include local communities concerned by CDM projects. On this basis, CDM Watch collaborates with NGOs and local communities in CDM host countries that are directly affected by CDM projects... Although the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has mobilised thousands of projects over the past years, the CDM has triggered serious concerns about the environmental integrity of its projects and its genuine contribution to sustainable development. As an initiative of international NGOs, CDM Watch was re-established in April 2009 to provide an independent perspective on CDM projects, methodologies and the work of the CDM Executive Board, which is supervising the CDM. The ultimate goal is to help assure that the current CDM, as well as a reformed mechanism post-2012, effectively results in emission reductions that are real,..