CDM
The Kyoto Protocol's crediting mechanism for emission-reduction projects in developing countries, whose activities can move to the Paris Agreement's own crediting mechanism.
Projects
Biogas Support Programme (BSP-Nepal)
BSP-Nepal promotes rural biogas technology from its Kathmandu headquarters.
Bundled Landfill Gas Recovery Project in Indonesia
A single CDM registration bundling three landfill gas sites in Kalimantan, Lombok and Sulawesi.
CFL lighting scheme 'Bachat Lamp Yojana' (Andhra Pradesh CPA)
A registered CDM Programme of Activities component replacing conventional lighting with CFLs in Andhra Pradesh's Ranga Reddy district.
Durban Landfill Gas-to-Electricity Project
Described by the World Bank as the first landfill gas project of its kind registered in Africa under the CDM, at Durban's Mariannhill landfill.
Humbo Assisted Natural Regeneration
Described by World Vision as Africa's first forestry project to earn UN-administered carbon credits, restoring degraded hillsides above Lake Abaya.
Ibi Batéké Carbon Sink Plantation
According to the UNFCCC CDM registry, DR Congo's first CDM project afforests degraded Batéké savanna for fuelwood and carbon.
IDCOL Improved Cook Stove (ICS) Program
IDCOL's national improved cookstove programme, disseminating 2.46 million stoves by 2020.
India: Efficient Wood Gas Stoves (Sunderbans)
TLUD gasifier stoves cutting firewood use by half in the Sunderbans mangrove region.
Introduction of the recovery and combustion of methane at the Cañaveralejo Wastewater Treatment Plant
Methane recovery and combustion in the sludge treatment system of Cali's municipal wastewater plant.
Landfill Closure and Gas Capture CDM Project by GAIL at Ghazipur
A landfill methane capture project at Delhi's Ghazipur site, converting captured gas into bio-CNG for transport.
Landfill gas extraction on the landfill Villa Dominico
A CDM landfill gas project registered in 2005 at Buenos Aires' Villa Dominico landfill.
Myanmar Cookstove Initiative (CDM PoA 10471)
An improved cookstove programme in Myanmar, registered under the CDM in 2019, whose Article 6.4 credits are contested.
NovaGerar Landfill Gas to Energy Project
Landfill gas collection and power generation at two adjacent Rio de Janeiro state landfill sites.
Panwi Small Hydro Power Project
A CDM-registered small hydropower plant on the Panwi river in Himachal Pradesh.
Piyungan Landfill Gas Capture Project
A large-scale CDM landfill gas project at Yogyakarta's Piyungan landfill, run by Japan's Shimizu Corporation with Indonesian technical agencies.
Puente Gallego Landfill gas recovery project
A smaller sibling case to Villa Dominico, recovering landfill gas near Rosario, Argentina.