CDM Bazaar web-portal will link buyers, sellers and service providers

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) secretariat and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) have announced the official launch of the CDM Bazaar web-portal <www.cdmbazaar.net>, designed to facilitate exchange of information among buyers, sellers and service providers engaged in the clean development mechanism (CDM). The website allows stakeholders in the CDM to post information, such as potential emission reduction projects looking for financing or partnering, certified emission reduction (CER) credits available for sale, buyers looking for carbon credits to purchase, services available from various providers, and carbon market related events. By posting on the CDM Bazaar the CERs they have for sale, developing-country CDM project proponents can expect competitive offers from carbon credit buyers. The website is not, however, meant to be a trading platform for CERs, but rather an information exchange platform designed to create opportunities. The CDM Bazaar was designed by the carbon finance team at the UNEP RISOE Centre in Denmark in cooperation with the UNFCCC secretariat. For more information please contact: Daniele Violetti, Clean Development Mechanism, UNFCCC, e-mail: dvioletti@unfccc.int or Sami Kamel, Carbon Finance Coordinator, UNEP Risoe Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, e-mail: sami.kamel@risoe.dk Press release: http://unfccc.int/files/press/news_room/press_releases_and_advisories/application/pdf/20070904_cdm_bazaar_joint_release.pdf