Accreditation and designation of DOEs
Accreditation Panel (CDM-AP)
Actual net greenhouse gas removals by sinks
Adaptation Share of Proceeds
Additionality (P)
Additionality (SSC)
Additionality (A/R)
Additionality (SSC A/R)
Additionality (PoA)
Additionality tool (P)
Additionality tool (A/R)
Administration Share of Proceeds
AE/DOE Coordination Forum
Afforestation
Afforestation and Reforestation Working Group (A/R WG)
Annex I
Annex A
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Applicant Entity (AE)
Appropriate Equivalent
Approval
A/R CDM project activity
Assessment Team (CDM-AT)
Assigned Amount Unit (AAU)
Attachment A to Appendix B
Attributable
Authorisation
Bali Roadmap
Baseline (P)
Baseline (SSC)
Baseline (A/R)
Baseline (SSC A/R)
Baseline (PoA)
Baseline approach (P and SSC)
Baseline approach (A/R)
Baseline approach (SSC A/R)
Baseline methodology (P)
Baseline methodology (SSC)
Baseline methodology (A/R)
Baseline methodology (SSC A/R)
Baseline methodology (PoA)
Baseline net greenhouse gas removals by sinks
Baseline scenario (P)
Baseline scenario (SSC)
Baseline scenario (A/R)
Baseline scenario (SSC A/R)
Baseline scenario (PoA)
Biomass
Biomass residues
Boundary of a Programme of Activities
Bundling (P)
Bundling (SSC)
Bundling (A/R)
Bundling (SSC A/R)
Carbon pools
Categories of small-scale CDM project activities
CDM Glossary of Terms
CDM Programme Activity (CPA)
CDM Programme Activity Design Document (CDM-CPA-DD)
CDM Registry
CDM Registry Administrator
Certification (P)
Certification (SSC)
Certification (A/R)
Certification (SSC A/R)
Certification (PoA)
Certification report
Certified Emission Reductions (CERs)
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Compliance Committee
Conference of Parties (COP)
Conference of Parties serving as meeting of Parties (COP/MOP)
Confidentiality
Coordinating/managing entity (PoA)
Crediting period (P)
Crediting period (SSC)
Crediting period (A/R)
Crediting period (SSC A/R)
Crediting period (CPA)
Debundling (SSC)
Debundling (SSC A/R)
Debundling (CPA)
Designated National Authority (DNA)
Designation
Deviations from approved methodologies (P)
Deviations from approved methodologies (SSC)
Deviations from approved methodologies (A/R)
Deviations from approved methodologies (SSC A/R)
Deviations from project documentation (P)
Deviations from project documentation (SSC)
Deviations from project documentation (A/R)
Deviations from project documentation (SSC A/R)
DNA Forum
Designated Operational Entity (DOE)
Duration of a Programme of Activities
Eligibility of land (A/R, SSC A/R, A/R CPA and SSC A/R CPA)
Emission Reduction Unit (ERU)
Emission reductions
Energy consumption (SSC)
Energy efficiency (SSC)
Energy efficiency improvement activities
Environmental analysis
ERPA
Equipment performance (SSC)
Executive Board
Flexible mechanisms
Focal point
Forest
Forwarding (P)
Forwarding (SSC)
Forwarding (A/R)
Forwarding (SSC A/R)
Forwarding (PoA)
Forwarding request (P)
Forwarding request (SSC)
Forwarding request (A/R)
Forwarding request (SSC A/R)
Forwarding request (PoA)
Global Stakeholder Process
Holding accounts
Host Party (P)
Host Party (SSC)
Host Party (A/R)
Host Party (SSC A/R)
Host Party (PoA)
Illegal debundling (SSC)
International transaction log
Issuance (P)
Issuance (SSC)
Issuance (A/R)
Issuance (SSC A/R)
Issuance (PoA)
Issuance fee (P)
Issuance fee (SSC)
Issuance fee (A/R)
Issuance fee (SSC A/R)
Issuance fee (PoA)
Joint Implementation (JI)
Kyoto Protocol
Leakage (P)
Leakage (SSC)
Leakage (A/R)
Leakage (SSC A/R)
Letter of approval
Long-term certified emission reduction (lCER)
Marrakesh Accords
Maximum output
Measurable and attributable
Meeting of the Parties (MOP)
Methodologies (P)
Methodologies (SSC)
Methodologies (A/R)
Methodologies (SSC A/R)
Methodologies (PoA)
Methodologies Panel (Meth Panel)
Modalities and procedures
Modalities of communication
Monitoring (P)
Monitoring (SSC)
Monitoring (A/R)
Monitoring (SSC A/R)
Monitoring (PoA)
Monitoring methodology (P)
Monitoring methodology (SSC)
Monitoring methodology (A/R)
Monitoring methodology (SSC A/R)
Monitoring methodology (PoA)
Monitoring plan (P)
Monitoring plan (SSC)
Monitoring plan (A/R)
Monitoring plan (SSC A/R)
Monitoring plan (PoA)
Monitoring report (P)
Monitoring report (SSC)
Monitoring report (A/R)
Monitoring report (SSC A/R)
Monitoring report (PoA)
Montreal Protocol
Nairobi Framework
Net anthropogenic greenhouse gas removals by sinks
Non-Annex I
Non-permanence
Nuclear projects
Official development assistance
Operational and management arrangements (PoA)
Operational lifetime
Other project activities
Overall monitoring plan (SSC)
Participants in a PoA
Party involved
Pending account
Permanent holding accounts
Portfolio bundling (SSC)
Programmatic CDM
Programme of Activities
Project activity with more than one component (SSC)
Project boundary (P and CPA)
Project boundary (SSC and SSC CPA)
Project boundary (A/R, SSC A/R, A/R CPA and SSC A/R CPA)
Project design document (CDM-PDD)
Project design document (CDM-SSC-PDD)
Project design document (CDM-AR-PDD)
Project design document (CDM-SSC-AR-PDD)
Programme of Activities Design Documents (CDM-POA-DD)
Project participants
Prompt start
Public funding
Quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments
REDD
Reforestation
Registration (P)
Registration (SSC)
Registration (A/R)
Registration (SSC A/R)
Registration (PoA)
Registration and Issuance Team (EB-RIT)
Registration fee (P)
Registration fee (SSC)
Registration fee (A/R)
Registration fee (SSC A/R)
Registration fee (PoA)
Registry System Administrators' Forum (RSA Forum)
Removal Unit (RMU)
Renewable biomass
Renewable energy
Request for distribution (P)
Request for issuance (P)
Retrofit (SSC)
Review of issuance (P)
Review of registration (P)
Secretariat
Share of Proceeds
Small-scale CDM project activities
Small-scale A/R project activities
Small-Scale CDM Project Panel (SSC Panel)
Simplified modalities and procedures
Spot-checks
Stakeholders
Starting date (P and SSC)
Starting date (A/R)
Starting date (SSC A/R)
Starting date (CPA)
Sub bundle
Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI)
Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA)
Supplementarity
Suspension of accreditation
Sustainable development
Technology transfer
Temporary certified emission reduction (tCER)
Temporary holding accounts
Transparent and conservative (P)
Transparent and conservative (A/R)
Trust fund
Type (i) project activities
Type (ii) project activities
Type (iii) project activities
Unilateral CDM
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
UNFCCC secretariat
Validation (P)
Validation (SSC)
Validation (A/R)
Validation (SSC A/R)
Validation (PoA)
Validation report
Verification (P)
Verification (SSC)
Verification (A/R)
Verification (SSC A/R)
Verification period
Verification report
Voluntary participation
Withdrawal of accredition
Working group on proposed methodologies and project categories for small-scale CDM project activities (SSC-WG)

Voluntary participation

One of the fundamental principles of the CDM is that the participation by Parties is voluntary:

Participation by Parties in a CDM project activity is voluntary (3/CMP.1, Annex, paragraph 28).

Written approval of voluntary participation is a requirement for validation:

The designated operational entity shall:

  1. Prior to the submission of the validation report to the Executive Board, have received from the project participants written approval of voluntary participation from the designated national authority of each Party involved, including confirmation by the host Party that the project activity assists it in achieving sustainable development (3/CMP.1, Annex, paragraph 40).

Related Topics

Participation Requirements - Host Party (P)

Participation Requirements - Annex I Party (P)

Designated operational entity (DOE)

Designated national authority (DNA)

What is validation? (P)