Call for public inputs on the "Draft standard for CDM project activities using standardized baselines", the "Draft standard for validation and verification of CDM project activities using standardized baselines", the "Draft revised guidelines for completing the proposed new baseline and monitoring methodology form to incorporate provisions for standardized baselines" and "Concept note on the impact of updated standardized baselines on CDM project activities" (27 September to 17 October 2012, 24:00 GMT)

At its sixty-ninth meeting, the CDM Executive Board (the Board) considered the draft standard for CDM project activities using standardized baselines, the draft standard for validation and verification of CDM project activities using standardized baselines and the draft revised guidelines for completing the proposed new baseline and monitoring methodology form to incorporate provisions for standardized baselines. The Board provided comments and requested the secretariat to:

  1. Revise three documents taking into account the relevant stakeholder comments submitted to the annotated agenda and the comments made by Board members, during the meeting;
  2. Launch a call for public inputs on the revised draft documents;
  3. Present the draft documents for the Board's consideration at its seventieth meeting, also taking into account relevant public comments received.

Three documents are available on following links.

  1. Draft standard for CDM project activities using standardized baselines (PS-SB);
  2. Draft standard for validation and verification of CDM project activities using standardized baselines (VVS-SB);
  3. Draft revised guidelines for completing the proposed new baseline and monitoring methodology form to incorporate provisions for standardized baselines (PNM-SB).

At its sixty-ninth meeting, the Board considered a concept note on the impact of updated standardized baselines on CDM project activities and requested the secretariat to launch a call for public inputs on the concept note. The Board requested the secretariat to undertake an analysis of the options related to the impact of update of standardized baselines on new and registered CDM projects, taking into account the public comments received, and to provide a proposal for the consideration by the Board.

The document is available on the following link.

The call for inputs from stakeholder' was open from 27 September to 17 October 2012 (24:00 GMT).

Stakeholders were invited to provide their inputs by using the comment sheets below:

Submission Date Submission
15 October 2012 at 22:54 GMT+2 eva filzmoser (339 KB)
16 October 2012 at 11:42 GMT+2 Anja Kollmuss - CDM Watch (334 KB)
16 October 2012 at 11:42 GMT+2 Anja Kollmuss - CDM Watch (125 KB)
16 October 2012 at 11:42 GMT+2 Anja Kollmuss - CDM Watch (109 KB)
16 October 2012 at 11:42 GMT+2 Dr. Sven Kolmetz (123 KB)
17 October 2012 at 18:41 GMT+2 The World Bank Group (29 KB)