Recommendations for the CDM Reform: End Climate Finance for Coal Power

Carbon Market Watch argues that the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) should not provide emissions credits to new coal power plants, asserting that such projects undermine climate goals, cause significant ecological damage, and lack additionality because efficiency improvements are driven by fuel cost minimization rather than CDM support.

• The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) currently permits new coal power plants to receive tradable emissions credits based on claimed efficiency improvements.
• New coal power plants are incompatible with climate mitigation goals because they lock in millions of tons of CO2 emissions for several decades.
• Coal power projects under the CDM are not additional, as efficiency is pursued to reduce fuel costs independently of CDM support, resulting in a net increase in global greenhouse gas emissions.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2013). Recommendations for the CDM Reform: End Climate Finance for Coal Power. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/recommendations-for-the-cdm-reform-end-climate-finance-for-coal-power/

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Recommendations for the CDM Reform: End Climate Finance for Coal Power. 2013. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/recommendations-for-the-cdm-reform-end-climate-finance-for-coal-power/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatch2013recommendations, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Recommendations for the CDM Reform: End Climate Finance for Coal Power}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2013}, month = nov, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/recommendations-for-the-cdm-reform-end-climate-finance-for-coal-power/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }