Clean rural electrification gets boost from Kyoto Protocols Clean Development Mechanism
Rural households in developing countries will soon be able to swap kerosene lamps and diesel generators for clean renewable energy thanks to the financial incentive provided by the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and an emissions baseline and monitoring methodology approved by the CDM Executive Board.
Durban conference delivers breakthrough in international communitys response to climate change
Countries meeting in Durban, South Africa, have delivered a breakthrough on the future of the international communitys response to climate change, whilst recognizing the urgent need to raise their collective level of ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to keep the average global temperature rise below two degrees Celsius.
S-S GATE, UNDP and UNFCCC join hands to help green COP 17
Certified emission reduction (CER) credits from a clean development mechanism project in Johannesburg will be used to offset the travel of UNFCCC Secretariat staff and supported delegates to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 17).
Decision on the host of COP 18/CMP 8
The State of Qatar and the Republic of Korea have agreed to closely cooperate to make the next major UN Climate Change Conference at the end of 2012 a success.