Clean Development Mechanism
(CDM) is a set out in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) is a flexible mechanism which allows a country with an
emission-reduction or emission-limitation commitment under the Protocol to
implement an emission-reduction project in a developing country in order to
earn sellable certified emission reduction (CER) credits, each equivalent to
one tonne of CO2 which can be counted towards meeting Kyoto targets.
THE ABC FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES
UNEP / UN HABITAT / FIDIC / GI-REC
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Graphic: UNFCCC
