Clean Development Mechanism

• Projects must yield real, measurable and long-term emission reductions.
  
• Reductions must be additional to any reductions that would have taken place in the project’s absence.
  
• Projects must contribute to the host country’s sustainable development.
  
• Projects should not result in the diversion of existing Overseas Development Assistance (ODA).
  

• Attract foreign investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.
  
• Reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels and enhance energy security.
  
• Reduce GHG emissions that contribute to climate change.
  
• Generate inward investment flows or cleaner technologies through the generation of Certified