CDM Reform

The scope of the present study focuses on the assessment of opportunities to improve the effectiveness of the clean development mechanism (CDM) through the enhanced use of standardization. The study argues that the introduction of the concept of standardized baselines to the CDM can substantially change the way the CDM develops. The goal of the present study is to discuss what the options are for driving the idea of standardization further. The working hypothesis is that baseline standardization alone may not be sufficient in that regard but can be seen as a starting point for improving the CDM through the enhanced use of standardization at other levels of CDM procedures. The study examines how standardization can be used to simplify CDM procedures throughout the project cycle and to extend the scope of the CDM in a way that improves access of underrepresented sectors and regions. The paper is divided into three chapters. The first chapter sets the scene by analyzing in detail procedural imperfections of the CDM that can be addressed through extending standardization to project cycle procedures. The second chapter discusses new opportunities that standardization could provide to the CDM reform. The third chapter of the study analyzes if and how standardization can enable policy-driven actions to generate carbon credits under the CDM. The chapter also assesses the ways standardization can help overcome the remaining barriers to better incorporate the CDM in host countries low carbon development policies, and to inform the development of new market mechanisms.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Platonova-Oquab, Alexandrina, Spors, Felicity, Gadde, Harikumar, Godin, Julie, Oppermann, Klaus, Bosi, Martina
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ABATEMENT, ACTION PLANS, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES, ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS, AGGREGATE LEVEL, ANAEROBIC DIGESTION, APPROACH, AUDITS, AUTOMATION, AVAILABILITY, AVAILABILITY OF DATA, BASELINE DETERMINATION, BASELINE EMISSIONS, BASELINE METHODOLOGY, BASELINE STANDARDIZATION, BIOGAS, BIOMASS, BIOMASS ENERGY, BOILERS, CALCULATION, CAPACITY-BUILDING, CARBON, CARBON CREDITING, CARBON CREDITS, CARBON FINANCE, CARBON FUND, CARBON MARKET, CARBON REVENUES, CEMENT, CERTAIN EXTENT, CERTIFICATE, CERTIFICATES, CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTION, CHARCOAL PRODUCTION, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM, CLIMATE, CLIMATE ACTION, CLIMATE POLICY, COAL, COAL MINE, COGENERATION, COMMON GOOD, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPOSTING, CONTROL SYSTEMS, DECISION MAKING, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DIGITIZATION, DIRECT EMISSION REDUCTIONS, DNA, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT, EFFICIENT LIGHTING, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY SYSTEM, EMISSION, EMISSION FACTOR, EMISSION FACTORS, EMISSION LEVELS, EMISSION PERFORMANCE, EMISSION RATES, EMISSION REDUCTION, EMISSION REDUCTION CALCULATIONS, EMISSION REDUCTIONS, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS TARGETS, END-USERS, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY SOURCE, ENERGY SUPPLY, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY, ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE, EQUIPMENT, EXTERNAL CONSULTANTS, FEEDSTOCK, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, FIRST VERIFICATION, FLUORESCENT LAMP, FORESTRY, FOSSIL, FOSSIL FUEL, FOSSIL FUEL SWITCH, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FUELS, GAS COMBUSTION, GHG, GOLD, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION MITIGATION, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION, GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS, GRID EMISSION FACTOR, HYDROPOWER, HYDROPOWER GENERATION, IMPACT ASSESSMENT, INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, INSTALLATION, INSTALLATIONS, INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS, IPCC, LANDFILL, LANDFILL GAS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, MARKET MECHANISM, MARKET SHARE, MATERIAL, METHANE, METHANE DESTRUCTION, METHANE FORMATION, MITIGATION ACTIONS, NATURAL GAS, NEGATIVE IMPACT, NEW MARKET, OFFSHORE WIND, PDF, PE, PENETRATION RATE, PENETRATION RATES, PIPELINE, POLICY MAKERS, POLICY SUPPORT, POTENTIAL INVESTORS, POWER GENERATION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCTION OF ENERGY, PROJECT ANALYSIS, PROTOCOL, REGISTRY, REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION, RENEWABLE POWER, RESULT, RESULTS, SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS, SOLAR THERMAL, SOLAR WATER HEATERS, STREAMS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL RESOURCES, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, TIME-TO-MARKET, TRANSACTION, TRANSACTION COSTS, UNEP, USERS, USES, WIND, WWW,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/234641468340789239/CDM-reform-improving-the-efficiency-and-outreach-of-the-clean-development-mechanism-through-standardization https://hdl.handle.net/10986/27104
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