Coal in the CDM: the saga continues

Carbon Market Watch criticizes the proposed revisions to the CDM coal crediting methodology (ACM0013), stating that they do not sufficiently address technical flaws such as data quality and project emissions. The organization warns that 45 coal projects in the pipeline, primarily in India and China, risk locking in over 400 million tCO2 in annual emissions, which contradicts the 2°C warming objective. It specifically highlights that six already registered projects will bypass the new rules and could generate 89 million credits based on a flawed methodology.

• The proposed revisions to the coal crediting methodology (ACM0013) are considered problematic because they do not sufficiently address issues regarding data quality, large project emissions, the impact of other variables on plant efficiency, and small efficiency gains.
• Six coal projects already registered in the CDM will not be affected by the methodology revision and may generate 89 million credits using the suspended, flawed methodology.
• There are 45 coal projects currently in the CDM pipeline, with 32 located in India and 13 in China; these projects are estimated to lock in more than 400 million tCO2 in annual emissions.
• The use of CDM finance for new, long-lived coal plants is argued to directly undermine the 2°C global warming objective and provides no sustainability benefits, instead causing toxic burdens for ecosystems and local populations.

APA

CMW (2012). Coal in the CDM: the saga continues. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2012/05/08/coal-in-the-cdm-the-saga-continues/

Chicago

CMW. Coal in the CDM: the saga continues. Carbon Market Watch, 2012. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2012/05/08/coal-in-the-cdm-the-saga-continues/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{cmw2012coal, author = {CMW}, title = {{Coal in the CDM: the saga continues}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2012}, month = may, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2012/05/08/coal-in-the-cdm-the-saga-continues/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }