What makes a project eligible for CDM?
A project is eligible for CDM benefits if the project will result in a net decrease in green house gas emissions this is called additionality. For example a company can get CERs if it installs a waste heat recovery boiler that saves energy. This is because reduced fuel use reduces the amount of carbon dioxide emitted. Technically speaking a CDM project is additional if “anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases by sources are reduced below those that would have occurred in the absence of the registered CDM project activity.” However, if the developer has to undertake the project activity because of law, for example if the industry is legally mandated to have a waste-heat recovery boiler, such a project is generally not eligible for CDM benefits. The Kyoto Protocol states that JI and CDM projects will be awarded emission reduction credits provided they achieve reductions that are additional to those that would otherwise occur. Despite years of negotiations and debate, the interpretati
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