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CDM Board elects Chair and Vice-Chair for 2016

Bonn, Germany, 7 March 2016 – The Executive Board of the clean development mechanism, at the start of its 88^th meeting, elected Eduardo Calvo (left) of Peru and Frank Wolke of Germany as Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively. They will serve until the first meeting of the Board in 2017.

Mr. Calvo, who joined the Board in 2012, is an Associated Professor at San Marcos University in Lima, Peru, and an advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru.

Mr. Wolke, who joined the Board in 2014, is Head of Section, Emissions Reduction Projects, Emissions Trading Authority in the German Environment Agency.

The new Chair takes over from Lambert Schneider. The new Vice-Chair takes over from Mr. Calvo.