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  1. CDM EB

    Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board (CDM EB). The body that oversees operation of the CDM. The CDM EB registers CDM projects, issues CERs, and manages the various working groups that rule on project methodologies and other issues.

  2. CDM Programme Activities (CPAs)

    Project activity under a programme of activities. A CPA is a single, or a set of interrelated measure(s), to reduce GHG emissions, applied within a designated area defined in the baseline methodology1.

  3. CDM Registry

    System of accounts into which the CDM EB issues CERs from registered CDM project activities

  4. CERs

    Certified Emission Reductions.

  5. Certification

    A process by which a GHG reduction project is audited by a government agency or independent authority to determine that it meets established criteria. For instance, the act of approving emission reductions from a carbon project and issue emission reduction credits to the entity that owns the rights to the project credits.

  6. Certified Emission Reductions (CER)

    This is the basic unit of the Clean Development Mechanism. One CER represents the successful emissions reduction equivalent to one tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e).

  7. Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)

    CCX is North America's only voluntary, legally binding greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and trading system for emission sources and offset projects in North America and Brazil.

  8. CITL

    see Community Independent Transaction Log

  9. Clean Air Act (CAA)

    The 1990 Clean Air Act is a piece of United States environmental policy relating to the reduction of smog and air pollution.

  10. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

    see CDM

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