Carbon sinks

Any processes, activities or mechanisms, including biomass, and especially forests and oceans, which have the property of removing a greenhouse gas, aerosols or precursors of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

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Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

Established by Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol, evolved from a Brazilian proposal, and stipulated throughout the COP 3 negotiations, the clean development mechanism (CDM) is the only of the three mechanisms introduced by the Protocol that include developing...

MOP

Following the entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol in 2005, the Conference of the Parties of the UN Climate Change Convention started operating as the meeting of parties (MOP) of the protocol. This body meets in a similar manner to the Conferences of the Parties...

Small-scale CDM Project Activities

These are smaller scale project activities that are subject to a more agile project cycle and with lower transaction costs.