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

The document examines the limitations of the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), specifically its single-site approach, and evaluates the potential of Programmes of Activities (PoA) to better support household energy projects in low-income areas of South Africa.

• The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has been criticized for a lack of tangible sustainable development benefits and an uneven geographic distribution of projects.
• The successful implementation of Programmes of Activities (PoA) in developing countries depends on several factors: the creation of a suitable institutional framework, the development of local capacity, enhanced institutional learning regarding project development, and the harmonisation 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} }