13. Clean Developement Mechanism
The chapter delves into key environmental issues focusing primarily on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and carbon footprints. It discusses the objectives of CDM, its implementation processes, and the multifaceted benefits it offers for climate change mitigation. Additionally, the chapter outlines how carbon footprints are measured and their significance for organizations and products in understanding and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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13.1.2Purpose
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) aims to promote clean development in...
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13.1.7.11. Project Design
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13.1.7.22. Project Validation
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13.1.7.44. Registration With The Cdm Executive Board
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13.1.7.55. Implementation And Monitoring
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13.1.7.66. Verification/certification And Issuance Of Cers
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13.1.7.77. Sale Of Cers
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13.2.2.4.11. Method Definition
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13..2.2.4.22. Establishment Of The Assessment Boundaries
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13.2.2.4.33. Collate Data
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13.2.2.4.44. Convert Usage Into Co2 Equivalent
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13.2.2.4.55. Verifying The Results (Optional)
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13.2.2.4.66. Reporting The Carbon Footprint
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13.2.3B) Product Carbon Footprint
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13.2.3.21. The Primary Footprint
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13.2.3.32. The Secondary Footprint
What we have learnt
- The Clean Development Mechanism promotes technology transfer from developed to developing countries to combat climate change.
- Carbon footprints measure greenhouse gas emissions and can be categorized into organizational and product footprints.
- The steps in calculating carbon footprints involve establishing boundaries, data collection, emissions calculation, and reporting.
Key Concepts
- -- Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
- An economic instrument under the Kyoto Protocol aimed at promoting technology transfer and investment for emissions reduction projects in developing countries.
- -- Carbon Footprint
- A measure of the total greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by an entity, expressed in terms of carbon dioxide equivalent.
- -- Baseline Emissions
- The predicted level of emissions that would occur in the absence of a specific emission-reduction project.
- -- Certified Emission Reduction (CER)
- A unit used to represent the reduction of one metric ton of carbon dioxide emissions, generated through a CDM project.
- -- Scopes of Emissions
- Categories that define direct (Scope 1), indirect electricity usage (Scope 2), and other indirect emissions (Scope 3) for carbon footprint calculations.
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