CPA design documents
As is the case with Programme of Activities (PoA) Design Documents, separate CDM Programme Activity (CPA) Design Documents exist for each CPA type, as follows:
- Large-scale CPAs - CDM-CPA-DD
- Small-scale CPAs - CDM-SSC-CPA-DD
- Forestry CPAs - CDM-CPA-DD-AR
- Small-scale forestry CPAs - CDM-CPA-DD-SSC-AR
A small-scale CPA would be entitled to use the simplified baseline and monitoring methodologies developed for small-scale project activities.
The CPA design documents were adopted at EB 33 (Annex 42 large-scale non-forestry; Annex 44 small-scale non-forestry) and EB 36 (Annex 29 large-scale forestry; Annex 31 small-scale forestry). They can be downloaded here.
The CPA design documents must include the following information:
- Geographic reference or other means of identification, Name/contact details of the entity/individual responsible for CPA
- the Host Party;
- Starting date, type (fixed or renewable) and duration of the crediting period of the CPA taking into account that the starting date of a crediting period of the CPA shall be the date of its inclusion in the registered PoA or any date thereafter and that the duration of the crediting period shall not exceed the end date of the PoA;
- Information stipulated in the PoA for use by each CPA to demonstrate how it meets requirements with respect to:
- Eligibility criteria;
- The demonstration of additionality;
- Calculations of baseline emissions and estimated emission reductions bysources or removal by sinks of greenhouse gases;
- Environmental analysis as per requirements of the CDM modalities and procedures, unless the analysis may be undertaken for the whole PoA as reflected in the CDM-POA-DD;
- Information on how comments by local stakeholders were invited, a summary of the comments received and how due account was taken of any comments received, as applicable unless the comments may be sought for the whole PoA as reflected in the CDM-POA-DD;
- Confirmation that the CPA is neither registered as a CDM project activity nor included in another registered PoA (EB 32, Annex 39, paragraph 4).