Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

In Southern Brazil, Need Becomes an Environmental Virtue

By Mario Osava
The state of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil is the largest national producer and exporter of pork and this year it also leads in exports of chicken, of which it is the second-biggest producer in the country.

Africa Sees U.N. Climate Conference as “Court Case” for the Continent

By Isaiah Esipisu
As the clock ticks towards the United Nations climate change conference (COP21) in Paris in December, African experts, policy-makers and civil society groups plan to come to the negotiation table prepared for a legal approach to avoid mistakes made during formulation of the Kyoto Protocol.

“What’s Good for Island States Is Good for the Planet”

By Desmond Brown
The lead negotiator for an inter-governmental organisation of low-lying coastal and small island countries doesn't mince words. She says the new international climate change treaty being drafted here at the ongoing U.N. Climate Change Conference “is to ensure our survival".

Q&A: Why Kyoto’s Clean Development Mechanism is at a Crossroads

By Wambi Michael
The U.N. mechanism for supporting carbon emissions projects in developing countries – the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) – is in crisis as a result of a dramatic slump in the prices being paid for carbon credits.