Scaling up carbon finance through CDM Programmes of Activities: challenges for low-income household energy projects in South Africa

This research paper examines the challenges of implementing the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) for household energy projects in low-income areas of South Africa, specifically evaluating the potential of Programmes of Activities (PoA) to overcome the limitations of single-site project approaches.

• The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has been criticized for failing to provide tangible sustainable development benefits and for an uneven geographic distribution of projects.
• Programmes of Activities (PoA) are viewed as a way to address the difficulties of applying the CDM to household energy projects by moving beyond a single-site approach.
• The successful implementation of PoA in developing countries depends on several factors: the creation of a suitable institutional framework, the development of local capacity, increased institutional learning regarding project development, and the harmonization of carbon finance mechanisms.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2014). Scaling up carbon finance through CDM Programmes of Activities: challenges for low-income household energy projects in South Africa. https://cdkn.org/resource/scaling-up-carbon-finance-through-cdm-programmes-of-activities-low-income-household-energy-projects-south-africa

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Scaling up carbon finance through CDM Programmes of Activities: challenges for low-income household energy projects in South Africa. 2014. https://cdkn.org/resource/scaling-up-carbon-finance-through-cdm-programmes-of-activities-low-income-household-energy-projects-south-africa.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2014scaling, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Scaling up carbon finance through CDM Programmes of Activities: challenges for low-income household energy projects in South Africa}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2014}, month = aug, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/scaling-up-carbon-finance-through-cdm-programmes-of-activities-low-income-household-energy-projects-south-africa}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }