The Parties have given the
CDM Executive Board a number of specific tasks and powers.
The role of the
CDM EB is to:
- Develop procedures for the CDM;
- Approve new methodologies;
- Accredit Designated Operations Entities (DOEs);
- Register projects (in accordance with specific procedures);
- Issue Certified Emission Reduction (CER) credits earned through CDMprojects in accordance with specific procedures;
- Make publicly available information on proposed CDMprojects in need of funding and investors seeking opportunities;
- Maintain a public database of CDM project activities containing information on registered project design documents, comments received, verification reports, CDM Executive Board decisions and information on all CERs issued;
- Develop and maintain the CDM registry.
The Executive Board comprises of 10 members and 10 alternate members from Parties to the Kyoto Protocol as follows:
The Executive Board may establish committees, panels or working groups to assist it in the performance of its functions. The Executive Board shall draw on the expertise necessary to perform its functions, including from the
UNFCCC roster of experts. Just as in the composition of the
EB itself, regional balance shall be considered in the composition of panels in accordance with rule 32 of the
Rules of procedure of the Executive Board of the CDM.
At its thirty-seventh meeting, the Executive Board approved the
General Guidelines for panels/working groups.
Composition of the CDM Executive Board for 2020 (as of the first meeting of the Board in 2020)
The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol at its fifteenth session elected new members and alternate members to the Board. The term of service of the incoming members/alternate members will start at the first meeting of the Board in 2020.
The Board elected Mr. El Hadji Mbaye Diagne of Senegal and Mr. Oliveri Kassi of Belgium to serve as Chair and Vice-Chair of the CDM Executive Board respectively until the first meeting of the Board in 2021.
Members and alternate members are listed in alphabetical order by Board member. |
* In view of the postponement of the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 16) to 2021, the Bureau of the Conference of the Parties, the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, on 25 August 2020, decided to extend the current membership of the Convention, Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement bodies, as needed, until successors can be appointed or elected (more>>). In accordance with rule 4 of the rules of procedure of the Board (decision 4/CMP.1, annex I), the members and alternate members shall remain in office until their successors are elected.
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a Term: 2 years, i.e. starting at the first meeting in 2019. |
b Term: 2 years, i.e. starting at the first meeting in 2020 |
1 In accordance with the communication dated 12 December 2019 from the Chair of GRULAC, the member from Brazil (Mr. José Miguez) will serve the first year (2020) of the first term of office in this position, and the member from the Dominican Republic (Mr. Moises Alvarez) will serve the second year (2021) of the first term of office in this position. Further to the communication dated 3 July 2020, the Chair of GRULAC informed that Mr. José Miguez will serve in office until 30 June 2021, when he will be succeeded by Mr. Moises Alvarez who will serve for the remainder of the term.
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Further information about nomination, election and re-election of members and alternate members of the CDM Board can be found in the Rules of procedure of the Executive Board of the CDM.
Information on the election and membership of the bodies of the Convention and the Kyoto Protocol can be found here.
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