Radio stories for Africa

The UNFCCC secretariat has produced five ‘broadcast-ready’ radio stories for dissemination to radio stations in Africa. These stories are meant to make the CDM understandable and accessible to a broad audience, including community stakeholders, potential project participants and policy makers. If you would like to receive these radio packages in broadcast quality please send an email to cdm-multimedia(at)unfccc.int. Please read our important disclaimer by clicking on the link in the top right corner.

The benefits of CDM

CDM projects can help local communities in Africa by providing opportunities for sustainable development, creating employment or increased economic activity, improving air quality, and transferring technology. CDM projects can also earn credits that are tradable and saleable.

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Lea Ricolcol, "Sunset at the Wind Farm", CDM Project 0453: NorthWind Bangui Bay Project

Radio stories for Africa : Trailers

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Anne-Sophie Zirah, "Earth, Wind and (Methane) Fire" CDM Project 1435: Regional Landfill Projects in Chile

Wood stoves in Nigeria

In Nigeria, firewood consumption has led to severe deforestation and desertification. Highly efficient wood stoves are helping to tackle this problem. Households are saving money, youth are finding employment, and time that used to be spent collecting wood is now going to income generation.

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Yahaya Ahmed, "Learning how to assemble a wood stove", CDM Project 2711: Efficient Fuel Wood Stoves for Nigeria

Solar panels in South Africa

Families in Kuyasa, a low-income informal settlement in the Khayelitsha township, have not only managed to cut their electricity costs, but are also doing their bit to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

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Nic Bothma, "Siyazenzela (doing it for ourselves)", CDM Project 0079: Kuyasa Low-cost Urban Housing Energy Upgrade Project, Khayelitsha (Cape Town; South Africa)

Waste collection and treatment in Cote d’Ivoire

This waste-to-energy project will collect and treat 200,000 tonnes of urban waste annually using anaerobic digesters. The resulting biogas will be used to produce electricity, while residual waste will be transformed into compost.

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Omeo Mariano, "Waste to Energy" *, CDM Project 2250: Abidjan Municipal Solid Waste-To-Energy Project

Papermill in South Africa

This fuel switch project reduces fossil fuel use and brings additional benefits, such as the long-term sustainability of the local paper mill and economic improvement in the area where the project is located.

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"Sappi" ,
CDM Project 0795: Tugela Mill Fuel Switching Project

* This photo is representative but not associated with the CDM project mentioned in the story.