The Project Developer Forum (PD Forum) is a collaborative association and collective voice of companies and practitioners that are developing and financing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction projects in all regions of our globe.
The accumulation of in-depth technical knowledge and broad experience that our members have with global instruments such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Voluntary Standards and Climate Finance, as well as with country specific initiatives, make PD Forum a unique platform and stakeholder for discussions around the reform of existing, and the creation of new policies and mechanisms to mitigate climate change. Based on our long term experience we are analysing the development of the rules and procedures arising from the Paris Agreement for new Sustainable Development Mechanisms under Article 6 and we are informing how these regulations may fit to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCM).
The project entails the local manufacturing of enhanced cookstoves and provision of briquettes made from renewable biomass to canteens in Burundi's schools. This initiative aims to transition from reliance on non-renewable logged trees to a sustainable energy source.
We support the aims of the IEA’s ‘Vision for Clean Cooking Access for All’, in particular the recognition of carbon markets as a crucial financing mechanism to achieve these aims.
At its meeting of March 2024, ICAO (the International Civil Aviation Organization) and the Technical Advisory Board provided only conditional approval on the grounds of Article 6 rules, to VERRA, Gold Standard and CAR for CORSIA Phase 1 eligibility. The PD Forum and its members are concerned by ICAO’s recommendation that carbon Project Developers should be liable for double counting ...
This document highlights shortcomings in the Gill-Wiehl et al 2024 literature review titled “Pervasive over-crediting from cookstove offset methodologies.” The Project Developer Forum, along with non-member carbon project developers, have reviewed the research and identified substantial concerns with the paper’s findings. The key takeaways are summarized and elaborated upon within this document.
We hold weekly calls on Wednesdays at 1 pm GMT. Call-in details and agenda are distributed before the call. Minutes are sent out shortly after the call.
We have a flexible working group structure, depending on the current regulatory and market issues.
