Opening of call for inputs on double-counting / Other methodological issues

(1) Opening of public call for inputs on double-counting The Board, at its twenty-second meeting, agreed to open a public call for inputs on possible situations where certified emission reductions (CERs) might be claimed from the same project (double-counting) at different stages of the product chain. The call for inputs is for possible options to avoid the double-counting in such situations. The Board further agreed that a technical analysis of the issue of double-counting, based on public inputs, is required in particular with regard to: - outlining possible situations where double-counting is likely to occur, - analysing possible options for avoiding the double-counting of emission reductions. Public comments should be send to the UNFCCC secretariat before 17 February 2006. The call for inputs is available through the main page of the UNFCCC CDM website or under the following link: http://cdm.unfccc.int/public_inputs/meth_double_counting *********************************** (2) AR methodologies Please be informed that a reply on technical queries from the Afforestation and Reforestation Working Group (AR WG) was provided on case ARNM0018 : Assisted Natural Regeneration of Degraded Lands in Albania The submitted documentation is available under the following link: http://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/ARmethodologies/process *********************************** (3) Methodologies Three (3) requests for clarification of an approved methodology have been received: - Applicability for biomass cultivated from a farm owned by project participants - Parameters to be fixed ex-ante for the entire crediting period - Inclusion of the Top Surplus Pressure (TRT) technology Further information on these submissions is available on the UNFCCC CDM web site at http://cdm.unfccc.int/methodologies/PAmethodologies/Clarifications