S: According to the Kyoto Protocol, the Kyoto Mechanism was established including Emission Trading, Joint Implementation (JI) and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). In particular, CDM is expected to contribute the sustainable development in developing countries, through project based activities for the GHG emission reduction or enhancement of removals, including technology transfer and capacity building. Feasibility for a lot of types of projects are studied, e.g., energy efficiency improvement of power plants, energy saving in the energy-intensive industries, utilisation of renewable energy, plantation, and demand side energy saving including high efficiency lighting. Expected contribution from civil engineering to the CDM will be very important. In particular, CDM projects in transport and waste treatment sectors will be essential for the sustainable development in developing countries. On the other hand, baseline setting and monitoring methodology of these sectors are critical issues in civil engineering. This study introduces the international and domestic activities concerning CDM, discuss the necessary role, subjects and future directions for the civil engineering and technologies.
ABSTRACT; This study analyzes the institutional problems and issues concerning energy saving CDM projects. It also focuses on the approval condition of methodologies by the CDM Executive Board and the applicability of the methodologies to the real projects. 90% of the expected amount of CER during the first commitment period will be obtained from non-CO2 related projects including HFC23, N2O and CH4. For the energy saving CDM projects, both of the number of projects and the amount of CER are very limited, in spite of a certain number of approved methodologies.A possibility is suggested that the emphasis on the additionality invites the high approvability to non-CO2 projects, which are easier to indicate their additionality compared to the energy efficiency projects. Energy saving CDM projects have many kinds of incentives except for the CER including energy cost reduction and air pollution control. The incentive to get CER itself from emission reduction of CO2 is lower compared to other GHGs with higher global warming potentials. It is important to overcome obstacles and promote the realization of energy efficiency CDM projects.
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