Article 1 of the United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development states that "the right to development is an inalienable human right by virtue of which every human person and all peoples are entitled to participate in, contribute to, and enjoy economic, social, cultural and political development, in which all human rights and fundamental freedoms can be fully realized."
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Global warming is a "modern" problem -- complicated, involving the entire world, tangled up with difficult issues such as poverty, economic development, and population growth. Dealing with it will not be easy. Ignoring it will be worse.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
The fundamental United Nations concepts of human rights and environmental sustainability have converged in the UNFCCC’s Kyoto Protocol Convention through their Clean Development Mechanism(CDM). This mechanism captures the essence of the Fourth Generation philosophy, the merging of practical projects with a vision that will implement change that lessens our negative impact on the planet and empowers communities on a global scale.
It is our vision to develop projects that build sustainable communities and international partnerships based on the UNFCCC’s Clean Development Mechanism. To explore opportunities that create access to clean energy, water and healthy communities through innovative financial mechanisms such as microfinance and global infrastructure projects.
It is our mission to implement best practices in CDM project management, to integrate sustainable practices that are compatible with local economies and local culture and to be leaders in sustainable development, green house gas (GHG) assessment, GHG abatement, baseline measurement, methodology development, carbon credit monetisation, UNFCCC protocol and policies, microfinance and community development.
Rooted in decades of experience in renewable energy and community economic development, the team (led by Gay Harley, vice president, policy & planning), has developed a model of local control that fosters sustainable growth in host communities and builds international partnerships. This Fourth Generation model will empower communities by developing local nodes of control and will address the immediate environmental urgency to reverse climate change impacts and reduce dependence on harmful and depletable fossil and nuclear fuels.
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CDM-JI & the Kyoto Protocol
The Kyoto Protocol was adopted December 11, 1997, at a United Nations conference in Kyoto, Japan, to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by developed countries by 5.2 per cent below 1990 levels between 2008 and 2012.
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), as outlined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol and elaborated in the Marrakech Accords, is a project-based mechanism that allows public or private entities to invest in green house gas (GHG) mitigating activities in developing countries and earn abatement credits, which can then be applied against their own GHG emissions or sold on the open market. In addition to reducing emissions, CDM projects have the dual objective of contributing to the sustainable development of the host country.
Clean Development Mechanism
Benefits to the Host Communities local economic development
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Benefits to Annex 1 Countries help meet Kyoto Protocol obligations
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