The Principle Of Additionality In Clean Development Mechanism

The paper starts off by introducing an incident of CDM in2009, which is a reviewcampaign initiated by the Executive Board established by Clean DevelopmentMechanism over Chinese wind power station application. We will see that theprinciple of additionality, has some deficiencies and we will put forward somesuggestions in respect of those deficiencies.Chapter1establishes a framework for international environmental law. Starting fromthe Kyoto Protocol, we will address Clean Development Mechanism and principle ofadditionality, both of which serve to building a foundation for our analysis in thefollowing chapters. More importantly, we will spend some ink on a particularquestion: given that the Kyoto Protocol has expired at the end of2012, do we reallyneed to address a principle which is out-dated?In Chapter2we will analyze the incident in2009by paying attention to the reasonsput forward by the Executive Board to initiate such campaign. Couple with theMethodology to prove additionality, we will see that it is within Board’s discretion toreview the registration application of Chinese application, though the decision is notreasonable. In Chapter3, building upon our conclusion in Chapter2, we will further our analysisthat the principle is defective in certain aspects. Not only some basic concepts is notcertain enough, but there is some gap between different rules, of which Chinese windenergy applicants have taken advantage to abuse the mechanism. We believe that,radically, the methodology to prove additionality should undergo amendments.We will review the incident in Chapter4and put forward some suggestions regardingthe principle. Also we will give some advice to Chinese applicants in the future. Wewill back to the incident occurred in2009to review it.