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*'''November 2009:''' [http://www.solarcookers.org/news/2009/11/press-release-meaningful-carbon-offset.html Solar Cooker System as “Most Meaningful Carbon Offset” Campaign Launched] - ''[[Solar Cookers International]]'' |
*'''November 2009:''' [http://www.solarcookers.org/news/2009/11/press-release-meaningful-carbon-offset.html Solar Cooker System as “Most Meaningful Carbon Offset” Campaign Launched] - ''[[Solar Cookers International]]'' |
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The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a collaborative effort of nations growing out of the Convention on Climate Change (Rio, 1992), extended in 1995 in Berlin, and finalized into action in Kyoto in 1999. From 2000 onward, the CDM has functioned as a framework for cooperation between developed countries that need to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and developing states, some of which are engaging in work to reduce emissions, literally around the world. Nations providing financial support to those activities, even if not within their borders, are granted "credit" towards meeting their own emission-reduction goals. Only a portion of the required reduction of states party to the Kyoto Protocol can be met in this way, and strict criteria apply. The mechanism has substantial potential for the solar cooking movement. To take advantage of this opportunity, promoters must become substantially more knowledgeable about the potential, and the steps necessary to initiate such agreements. U.S. citizens are disadvantaged here in a sense, since our nation has not chosen to sign the Kyoto agreement and hence American manufacturers have no legal obligation to reduce emission, (though common sense - and certainly most environmentalists - suggest they should be doing so anyway).
News and recent developments
- April 2010: World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth - Thousands of grass root organizations, politicians, intellectuals, scientists and individuals will debate about climate change next week, April 19th-22nd, in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Discussion will include black carbon emissions and the practical solutions that are available to tackle them.Conference Information...
- November 2009: Solar Cooker System as “Most Meaningful Carbon Offset” Campaign Launched - Solar Cookers International
- November 2009: South African Rugby Union purchases credits from solar stove in Soweto - Interpress Service
- October 2009: Mass-market U.N. carbon scheme finds favor in India - Reuters
- September 2009: Kenya: Carbon Manna Unlimited to Help Kenyan Farmers Sell Carbon Credits in Rich Countries - Micro Capital
- March 2009: Proposed CDM projects would distribute 34,000 solar cookers in China - Solar Cooker Review
- August 2008: For many years, Fundación EcoAndina has promoted the concept of solar villages in Jujuy province. Among its accomplishments is the distribution of over 250 solar cookers for family use, 23 solar kitchens for community use, and a number of solar water heating and irrigation devices. Fundación EcoAndina recently partnered with WISIONS, an initiative of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, to “develop a strategy for the optimal use of carbon credits to make solar equipment affordable for the users.” The initial step is to use new technology to monitor 50 solar cookers in a field test and assess their CO2 reductions. According to its Web site, Fundación EcoAndina hopes to “develop local human capacity to handle the carbon market,” and to “build an effective incentive structure for the correct and constant use of solar applications.”
- November 2007: Jakarta officials plan to reduce kerosene consumption by distributing 30,000 parabolic solar cookers as part of a Clean Development Mechanism project, according to a recent Jakarta Post article by Adianto P. Simamora. The pilot phase of the project will take place in Kepulauan Seribu (Thousand Islands) regency, where sunshine is plentiful. As reported in the article, “Jakarta consumes about 2.7 million liters of kerosene a day. A family using one liter of kerosene per day emits two tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year.” Kerosene is available to consumers at a state-subsidized price of Rp. 2,000 per liter (about $0.22). “The solar cookers will be provided for free by German company EnerXi GMbh to support the city’s attempts to take part in the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project,” writes Simamora. Through CDM projects, developing countries can earn Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) based on the resulting amount of CO2 reduction. (One CER is equivalent to one ton of CO2.) To help meet Kyoto Protocol targets, developed countries can then purchase CERs from developing countries. According to the article, the price of one CER is between $5-10. The article is available on the Jakarta Post Web site at http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20070523.C04
- May 2007: Thirty thousand solar cookers to be sent to Indonesia to cut kerosene use in European CDM project - The Jakarta Post
Articles in the media
- August 2008: Gold Standard expands to include programmatic projects - Carbon Finance
- April 2008: Twist offsetting: Purchasing credits helps organizations improve conditions in impoverished countries - Powell River Peak
- July 2008: India's Temples Go Green - Time Magazine
- February 2008: Indian Government looking for consultants to tap CDM benefits - The Economic Times
- November 2007: Solar oven donations crucial - Powell River Peak
- May 2007: Thirty thousand solar cookers to be sent to Indonesia to cut kerosene use in European CDM project - The Jakarta Post
- April 2007: Solar cooking cuts emissions - Powell River Peak
- November 2005: Germany to earn CERs through solar kitchens - Solar Cooker Review
NGOs employing carbon credits
- EG-Solar
- SunFire Solutions
- Association pour le Développement de l'Energie Solaire
- Inti Illimani
- Inti
- EnKing International
- Wonderbag
- Fundación EcoAndina
- Solea Consulting
- Lernen - Helfen - Leben e.V.
See also
- Dr. Dieter Seifert
Documents
- January 2009: Trees, Water & People's Carbon Offset Program - Stuart Conway
- January 2009: In-field Charcoal Stove Emission Factors and Indoor Air Pollution - Dana Charron
- August 2008: On-line recording of solar cooker use rate by a novel metering device: Prototype description and experimental verification of output data - Michael Grupp, et all
- July 2006: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) - A Powerful Instrument to Fulfill the United Nations Millennium Development Goals - Experiences, Visions, and Suggestions - Dieter Seifert et al
- July 2006: The Clean Development Mechanism as a Potential Source of Funding for Solar Cooking Projects - Carolyn Luce
- July 2006: Measures to Monitor and Boost the Use Rate of Solar Cookers in Developing Countries - Michael Grupp, et al
- July 2006: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Solar Cooker Project ACEH 1, Indonesia - Herliyani Suharta
- January 2003: Document for a solar cooker project in Ache Indonesia that made use of the Clean Development Mechanism
External links
- Donate solar cookers to offset your carbon emissions
- Federal Intertrade Hong-Ru River Solar Cooker Project
- Federal Intertrade Pengyang Solar Cooker Project
- The Wikipedia article on the Clean Development Mechanism
- United Nations Enviroment Program CDM Bazaar website
- CDM Lusaka Sustainable Energy Project 1
- http://www.climatecare.org