| Abstract |
This Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Toolkit is designed for stakeholders, community groups, civil society organisations and NGOs who have little or no prior experience with the CDM. It provides an explanation of how it works, what rights it affords stakeholders, civil society groups and NGOs, and explains key terms and concepts relating to CDM projects. This is not a critique of the CDM. It is a tool for use by those who are faced with CDM projects in their country, and want to know more about the mechanism and how to assess projects.
The Toolkit is divided into two parts. The first is a general overview of the CDM and an explanation of the process a CDM project has to go through to obtain approval and be able to generate carbon credits. The focus is on explaining the key issues for stakeholders and NGOs, and identifying the opportunities for public input. Following that is a set of tools for use when analysing a CDM project.
The CDM involves a lot of jargon and acronyms which we’ve tried to avoid as much as possible. But to give you an accurate picture of how the CDM works, we had to use some. To make it easier, key terms and acronyms in the text are explained in more detail in the glossary in the front. |