CDM Board elects Chair and Vice-Chair for 2015

CDM Board elects Chair and Vice-Chair for 2015 This news is from the 82nd meeting of the Executive Board of the clean development mechanism, which opened today in Geneva, Switzerland. Lambert Schneider of Germany and Eduardo Calvo of Peru will serve as Chair and Vice-Chair of the CDM Executive Board, respectively, until the first meeting of the Board in 2016. Mr. Schneider, who joined the Board in 2013, is engaged in research and consultancy on carbon markets, climate policy and energy policy. Mr. Calvo, who joined the Board in 2012, is an Associated Professor at San Marcos University in Lima, Peru, and an advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru. The new Chair takes over from Hugh Sealy of Barbados. The new Vice-Chair takes over from Mr. Schneider.