CDM Overview of Projects Registration and CER Issuance Ariesta Ningrum Program Officer, CDM Registration and Issuance UNFCCC Secretariat Middle Eastern and North Africa Carbon Forum Rabat, Morocco, 4-5 April 2007
Outline Evolution of CDM projects Registration & Issuance Process Outcomes of Requests for Registration & Issuance Feedback for CDM projects CDM Info source
Projects in Pipeline EVOLUTION 1000 1500 2000 >850 >1400 >1600 500 >450 0 May 2005 >100 Dec 2005 June 2006 Dec 2006 Mar 2007
Project Activity Registration EVOLUTION Project Activities 600 500 472 573 400 300 226 200 100 10 63 0 June 2005 Dec 2005 June 2006 Dec 2006 March 2007 tus: 29 March 2007
CER Issuance EVOLUTION Thousands 45000 40,259,722 40000 35000 30000 25,792,506 ssued CERs 25000 20000 15000 9,420,705 10000 5000 0 103,732 Dec 2005 June 2006 Dec 2006 March 2007 tus: 29 March 2007
Registration & Issuance Process Following validation of a proposed CDM project activity by a DOE, a request for registration can be made Project will be registered after 8 weeks (4 weeks for small-scale) unless a review is requested A review can be triggered by 3 Board members or 1 Party involved Following verification of a monitoring report by a DOE, a request for issuance can be made Issuance is considered automatic after 15 days A review can be triggered by 3 Board members or 1 Party involved
CDM EB-Registration & Issuance Team The RIT is established to assist Board members in their task to consider requests for registration of project activities and requests for issuance of CERs submitted to the Board by DOEs First year RIT operation from March 2006-2007: 20 active Members representing all geographic regions 564 Request for registration appraisals assigned 362 with meth expert input 222 Request for issuance appraisals assigned 58 with meth expert input ~17% Inputs to review cases assigned tus: 29 March 2007
Requests Outcome Outcome Registration Issuance Number of requests - Registered/ Issued automatically - Registered / Issued immediately after request for review - Registered / Issued with corrections after request for review - Registered / Issued after under review process Rejected Withdrawn 724 505 33 25 10 14 3 232 197 10 4 4 2 0 tatus: 29 March 2007
Reasons behind rejection Requests for registration Additionality barriers not adequately substantiated Additionality barriers not adequately substantiated and methodology not correctly applied Invalid LOA, methodology was not applicable Did not meet criteria for prompt start projects Inadequate documentation provided for registration Methodology not correctly applied Requests for issuance Sectors Energy industries Manufacturing industries Energy industries Energy industries Energy industries Manufacturing industries Waste handling and disposal, Agriculture, Energy Rejections 8 1 1 1 1 2 Compliance with CDM M&P para. 62 (d) not evident; modification of methodology without requesting deviation Total 2 16 tatus: 29 March 2007
Feedback for CDM projects Ensuring barriers to demonstrate additionality are relevant & substantiated Ensuring that methodology used is applicable and correctly applied If in doubt, seek clarification, a revision or a deviation Ensuring there is a valid letter of approval/authorisation (LOA) Ensuring that all documentation is submitted correctly and consistent with LOA Ensuring small scale projects meet the small scale criteria - e.g. are not de-bundled components of other project activities Ensuring monitoring plan is in accordance with methodology Ensuring that deviations are approved by the Board
CDM Info source UNFCCC CDM website (http://cdm.unfccc.int) Interactive map with registered project activities (http://cdm.unfccc.int/projects/mapapp) UNFCCC CDM News Facility (Requirement to register as a UNFCCC CDM web site user (join) -> automatically subscribed) CDM EB meetings are webcast CDM EB meets frequently with constituencies Q&A sessions are held in conjunction with COPs/SBs Reports of the EB to COP/MOP Feel free to ask questions now (or later by e-mail cdm-info@unfccc.int)