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Clean development mechanism: an incentive for waste management projects?

Clemens Plöchl

Energy Changes Projektentwicklungs GmbH, Wien, Austria, clemens.ploechl{at}energy-changes.com

Wolfgang Wetzer

Energy Changes Projektentwicklungs GmbH, Wien, Austria

Arne Ragoßnig

University of Applied Science - Fachhochschulstudiengänge Burgenland GmbH, Energy & Environmental Management, Pinkafeld, Austria

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was introduced by the Kyoto Protocol to provide a financial incentive to establish project activities in developing countries for reducing greenhouse gas emissions while also fostering sustainable development. This article shows that waste management project activities play an important role in achieving the aims of the CDM. It describes how these activities have to prove additionality, how the emission reductions must be calculated and monitored in order to be eligible and in order to lead to Certified Emission Reductions (CERs). The article further provides an analysis about the various challenges that are involved in applying the CDM scheme to waste management project activities, which require a new specific set of technical skills and regulatory standards.

Key Words: Clean development mechanism • Kyoto Protocol • landfill gas • additionality • baseline methodology • emission reduction • wmr 1302—5

Waste Management & Research, Vol. 26, No. 1, 104-110 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07087947
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