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

The article examines how Programmes of Activities (PoA) under the CDM can overcome the limitations of single-site approaches for household energy projects in South Africa, concluding that success depends on supportive institutional frameworks, local capacity, and stakeholder coordination.

• The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has faced significant difficulties in being effectively applied to energy projects within households.
• Programmes of Activities (PoA) offer a way to scale up mitigation and implement CDM projects by moving beyond the traditional single-site model, provided they are supported by enabling policy frameworks, additional funding, and appropriate methodologies.
• Evidence from South Africa indicates that the effectiveness of PoA in developing nations relies on several factors: the creation of an appropriate institutional framework, the development of local capacity, increased institutional learning regarding project development, and the harmonization of carbon finance mechanisms.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2012). Scaling up carbon finance through CDM Programmes of Activities: challenges for low-income household energy projects in South Africa. https://www.sei.org/publications/scaling-up-carbon-finance-through-cdm-programmes-of-activities-challenges-for-low-income-household-energy-projects-in-south-africa/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Scaling up carbon finance through CDM Programmes of Activities: challenges for low-income household energy projects in South Africa. 2012. https://www.sei.org/publications/scaling-up-carbon-finance-through-cdm-programmes-of-activities-challenges-for-low-income-household-energy-projects-in-south-africa/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2012scaling, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Scaling up carbon finance through CDM Programmes of Activities: challenges for low-income household energy projects in South Africa}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2012}, month = dec, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/scaling-up-carbon-finance-through-cdm-programmes-of-activities-challenges-for-low-income-household-energy-projects-in-south-africa/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }