Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Information

The process of getting carbon income from a project through the CDM mechanism is as follows:

The Clean Development Mechanism is an emissions trading mechanism embodied in the Kyoto Protocol. It allows developing countries to establish projects and sell Carbon Credits to industrialized countries with specific commitments to reduce emissions.

As at the start of May 2008, there were 1051 CDM projects registered worldwide, with only 25 of these (2.4%) hosted in Africa.

Additionality is one of the critical conditions of the CDM and needs to be clearly explained by project developers.

Download guidelines on CDM methodologies, development and finance.

Global warming is the increase in global temperatures caused by the emission of greenhouse gases that trap the sun's heat in the Earth's atmosphere.

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was adopted at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. Parties to the convention met annually until 1997, when the Kyoto Protocol was signed.