Small-scale CDM Programme Activities

More detailed guidance has been given for small-scale projects and small-scale methodologies:

In the case of CPAs which individually do not exceed the SSC threshold, SSC methodologies may be used once they have first been reviewed and, as needed, revised to account for leakage in the context of a CPA (EB 32, Annex 38, page 1).

Amended versions of existing small-scale methodologies have been adopted by the Executive Board. The amended methodologies can be found in Annexes 17-20 and Annexes 22-44 of EB 33. The amendments made address potential leakages in small-scale Programmes of Activities by taking the leakage sections from similar large-scale methodologies and inserting them into the small-versions. The Executive Board noted that the leakage sections added to these amended methodologies apply to a Programme of Activities "where the limit of the entire [Programme of Activities] exceeds the limit for small-scale CDM project activities"(EB 33, paragraph 57).

These methodologies are to be used when submitting a small-scale project for registration. There is no need to develop a new methodology so long as one of these existing methodologies can be applied.