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Published on: 9/1/2008
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NAIROBI FRAMEWORK STATUS AND IMPACTS IN AFRICA: The plenary session on the Nairobi Framework status and impacts in Africa took place on Wednesday afternoon, and was moderated Daniele Violetti, UNFCCC.
Violetti described the status of the CDM project distribution, noting a high concentration of projects in Asia and Latin America, but that Africa is lagging far behind.He described the Nairobi Framework, launched to catalyze the CDM in Africa, and outlined some of its achievements.He identified an increase in the number of CDM projects in Africa and in the number of African countries hosting CDM projects.Violetti admitted that in spite of the Nairobi Framework's establishment, the African region is still underrepresented in the CDM.
Venkata Putti, World Bank, described the Bank's Africa Assist programme, launched in 2006 and focusing on strengthening institutional capacity and engaging the financial and private sectors in Africa.He said the programme had supported the creation of three DNAs, in Botswana, the Gambia and Sierra Leone, and was currently working with the ECOWAS Bank to help set up a US$300 million fund focusing on oil fields and renewable energy.
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PROJECT REGISTRATION LESSONS AND THE RISKS FOR BUYER AND SELLER: The parallel workshop on project registration lessons and risks for buyer and seller took place on Friday morning, and was moderated by Daniele Violetti, UNFCCC, who described the process for registration of CDM projects and issuance of CERs.He stated that the UNFCCC Secretariat's role includes checking registration and issuance requests to ensure that documents and data are complete, and preparing summary and briefing notes at the request of the CDM Executive Board.He explained that the CDM Executive Board has now set deadlines for conducting the completeness checks.Violetti outlined some CDM information sources, including the Catalogue of Decisions by the CDM Executive Board, the CDM Bazaar and the UNFCCC Secretariat's CDM website.
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Violetti stressed that the CDM is generating various benefits in developing countries and underlined efforts to improve the CDM through two routes: annual negotiations by the COP/MOP concerning the CDM Executive Board's report; and ongoing negotiations on the future climate regime.He noted that, for example, in the recent Accra Climate Change Talks, the AWG-KP discussed issues related to the flexible mechanisms concerning the second commitment period.