CDM Help Desk Launched to Improve Regional Distribution of CDM
Projects 4 September 2012: The UNFCCC Secretariat has launched
the second Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Help Desk to answer
questions of stakeholders relating to CDM projects undergoing
the validation or verification process. The objective of the CDM
Help Desk is to help improve the regional distribution of CDM
projects. It aims to help under-represented countries increase
their participation in the CDM and thus realize the benefits of
the CDM. The Help Desk is therefore only available to project
stakeholders in such under-represented countries, specifically
stakeholders in Africa, the least developed countries (LDCs),
small island developing States (SIDS) and countries that had ten
or fewer registered CDM projects as of 31 December 2010. It
provides stakeholders such as CDM project participants,
developers, coordinating and/or managing entities, designated
national authorities (DNAs) and designated operational entities
(DOEs), with reliable a