Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

Commercialise your untapped carbon inventory

Non "industrialised" nations (referred to as Non-Annex 1 countries) can qualify to create Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects. CDM projects can create carbon credits for industrialised nations to assist them to meet their Kyoto Protocol commitments.

Carbon Planet currently works with governments and private organisations in South East Asia, the Middle East and North Africa to identify, develop and commercialise carbon offsetting projects.

Why create CDM projects?

Carbon credits can improve the Internal Rate of Return (IRR) for many projects and allow for a continuously increasing opportunity to maximise revenue and profit for the entire life span of the project.

The most profitable organisations in the carbon economy to date are those that focused on emerging markets with higher trading margins rather than the those that developed the greatest quantity of projects.

Opportunities currently exist for organizations to become early adapters and to become distinct market leaders through developing CDM projects.

Carbon Planet works with such organisations by providing a complete pathway to enable the development and commercialisation of projects in the fastest possible timeframe.

According to the World Bank Carbon Finance Report for 2007:

  • The carbon economy is the fastest growing industry globally with US$84 billion of carbon trading conducted in 2007, doubling to $116 billion in 2008, and expected to reach over $200 billion by 2012 and over $2,000 billion by 2020
  • Project-based transactions, primarily through the CDM, doubled in value in 2005, to about $5 billion
  • Developing countries supplied nearly 450 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent CDM credits in 2006
  • About 920 million tons of emission reduction credits were transacted under the CDM between 2002 and 2006, corresponding to a cumulative value of $7.8 billion, leveraging an estimated $21.6 billion in investment (74% for clean energy related projects)

Public and Private Organisations can contact Carbon Planet to discuss commercialising their untapped carbon inventory.