Concerns over the failure to consider our request for review of the additionality of CDM Project 4533: Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Through Super Critical Technology – Coastal Andhra Power Ltd., India

Sierra Club and CDM Watch object to the CDM Secretariat's decision to disregard a June 2011 letter requesting a review of the additionality of CDM Project 4533 (Coastal Andhra Power Ltd., India). The authors argue that the Secretariat's failure to forward the letter to the CDM Executive Board before the July 3 deadline—based on a minor project number error—undermines the CDM's credibility and transparency. They highlight that the project is high-risk, seeking over 12 million CERs while generating 215 million tons of CO2 emissions, and call for clarified guidelines on stakeholder engagement and the forwarding of public concerns.

• The CDM Secretariat disregarded a request for review of Project Activity 4533 because the submission contained a minor error where the wrong project number was cited in one instance, despite the subject line containing the correct information.
• The authors contend that the CDM Secretariat's delay in processing the letter—taking no action until July 7, four days after the July 3 deadline—prevented the CDM Executive Board from considering severe deficiencies in the project's Validation Report and registration request.
• CDM Project 4533 (Coastal Andhra Power Ltd.) is characterized as a high-risk project due to its scale, seeking more than 12 million Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) over a 10-year period while producing 215 million tons of CO2 emissions.
• The authors argue that withholding public concerns from the CDM Executive Board violates stakeholder engagement rules and damages the transparency and credibility of the Clean Development Mechanism.

APA

Herz, S., & Filzmoser, E. (2011). Concerns over the failure to consider our request for review of the additionality of CDM Project 4533: Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Through Super Critical Technology – Coastal Andhra Power Ltd., India. Carbon Market Watch. http://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/SierraClub_CDMWatch__Letter_procedural_issues_Coastal_Andhra.pdf

Chicago

Herz, Steven, and Eva Filzmoser. Concerns over the failure to consider our request for review of the additionality of CDM Project 4533: Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Through Super Critical Technology – Coastal Andhra Power Ltd., India. Carbon Market Watch, 2011. http://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/SierraClub_CDMWatch__Letter_procedural_issues_Coastal_Andhra.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{herz2011concerns, author = {Herz, Steven and Filzmoser, Eva}, title = {{Concerns over the failure to consider our request for review of the additionality of CDM Project 4533: Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Through Super Critical Technology – Coastal Andhra Power Ltd., India}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2011}, month = jul, url = {http://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/SierraClub_CDMWatch__Letter_procedural_issues_Coastal_Andhra.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }