Understanding CDM Methodologies - SuSanA
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Understanding CDM Methodologies - SuSanA
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3. Barrier analysis, with the aim to check the existence of prohibitive barriers<br />
4. Common practice analysis<br />
5. Impact of <strong>CDM</strong> registration. Subsequently, the EB clarified that this step<br />
could be applied qualitatively 157 .<br />
The consolidated tool was revised in November 2005, which defined that<br />
step 0 would even be fulfilled if the project only could state the objective<br />
to mitigate climate change. In the second revision of the tool in February<br />
2007 158 , step 0 and 5 were removed. Barriers that could be assessed under<br />
step 4 were described more clearly (see Box 6).<br />
Examples of<br />
Barriers<br />
Validators have<br />
to document the<br />
Additionality<br />
Check in<br />
Validation Report<br />
Serious<br />
Consideration of<br />
<strong>CDM</strong><br />
Alternatives to<br />
Project<br />
Box 6: Examples of barriers that prevent project implementation<br />
• Similar activities have only been implemented with grants or other noncommercial<br />
finance terms<br />
• No private capital is available from domestic or international capital markets<br />
• Process/technology failure risk in the local circumstances is significantly greater<br />
than for other technologies<br />
It was also stated that if the <strong>CDM</strong> does not alleviate the identified barriers<br />
that prevent the project, the project is not additional. Moreover, it was added<br />
that DOEs should carefully assess and verify the reliability and creditability<br />
of all data, rationales, assumptions, justifications and documentation<br />
provided by project participants and document conclusions transparently in<br />
the validation report (see also discussion about validation and verification<br />
standard in section 2.2.3).<br />
Figure 3: Steps in the consolidated additionality tool and changes over time<br />
Early start<br />
projects<br />
only<br />
Serious consideration<br />
of <strong>CDM</strong><br />
Investment or<br />
Barrier Analysis<br />
All projects<br />
Identification of<br />
alternatives to the project<br />
Investment<br />
analysis<br />
Barrier<br />
analysis<br />
Common Practice<br />
Analysis<br />
Common practice<br />
analysis<br />
Impact of <strong>CDM</strong><br />
registration<br />
157<br />
EB 17, para 17<br />
158<br />
EB 29, Annex 5<br />
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