The Emerging Spot Market for Certified Emission Reductions
It is expected that the CDM Executive Board will soon starting issuing CERs. This paper sets out the requirements that need to be met to enable governments and businesses to trade in CERs.
Addressing Opportunities and Challenges of a Sectoral Approach to the Clean Development Mechanism
The sectoral approach described in this paper may be a way to address some of the shortcomings of this Kyoto mechanism. The paper examines the conflicting interpretations of such an approach and outlines issues that need to be resolved: deciding on the role of the actors involved, defining the sector and its baseline, ensuring additionality and tackling procedural issues.