Comments on: Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

By: Faisal Siddiqui, Environmental Consultant

Faisal Siddiqui, Environmental Consultant — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 14:03:05 +0000

There is need to include commerce definitely but at the same time to internalize the environmental aspect with a clear given system boundary need to be included, keeping the project budget and proponent profit in mind… in a nut shell what we need is transparency in business.

By: padmanabh Kulkarni

padmanabh Kulkarni — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:14:28 +0000

Instead of using such an implied way of reducing carbon emissions why not use direct measures. Why involve commerce in every thing? This loop will never end & cost a lot to human being.

By: Salman

Salman — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:41:01 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Nflight. I agree with you whole-heartedly.Lack of awareness about renewable energy among the masses and half-hearted response from powerful nations and big corporations has been a major stumbling block in harnessing the untapped sources of clean energy.

By: Nflight

Nflight — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:51:17 +0000

The article gives insight to what should be taking place at this time but, it does not go far enough in the conclusion to broaden the approach. Get the word out, lots of written articles have been shown but when I talk to the public they are all still lost in translation. We need to educate the public and get them to read everything that has been written.

Below is great in your post Salman Zafar, we just need to get this wording to the respective inhabitants of this planet that we need action now!

“The potential projects should focus on energy supply, energy conservation, transportation systems, heat environment, water management and waste-to-energy conversion. The potential CDM mechanisms that are being applied or can be applied in the waste management sector could be wastes-to-energy such as capturing landfill gas and generate electricity, anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of wastes and production of biofuel or biogas, composting, incineration, and cogeneration as well as minimization of waste volume that would be sent to landfill. Apart from reducing GHG emissions, the CDM projects should also take into account factors like environmental impact, socio-economic impact and adequate technology transfer.”

Just highlighting my fears in this world of converting the public to renewables is not very easy!