mexico, support for the development and uptake of - Unido

has very recently launched a third call for JI and CDM projects through the carbon credit purchase
facility.
Memorandum of Understanding
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for CDM was signed with Mexico on the occasion of the
entering into force of the Kyoto protocol 64 . The MOU between SEMARNAT and the Ministry of
Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water of Austria is the 7th signed cooperation instrument
between the Parties. The Minister of SEMARNAT pointed out the significance of the agreement
for the development of renewable energy at Mexico.
This new MOU is devoted to develop CDM projects. The scope and objectives of the MOU are:
• Support of projects under CDM in accordance with article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol.
• Interchange of information on climate change, including programs for the use of the
flexible mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol.
• Facilitate the development and implementation of CDM projects and assist interested
project developers.
• Support international efforts for the elaboration and further development of methodologies
for baselines and monitoring and simplified modalities for small scale projects.
The project priorities mutually accorded by the MOU are:
• Combined heat and power installations (cogeneration).
• Fuel switch to renewable energy and from high carbon fuels to lower carbon contents in
remote heating systems.
• Construction or retrofitting power generation installations using renewable sources.
• Landfill gas avoidance or recuperation.
• Waste management for energy recovery and use 65 .
• Reduction of final energy consumption in buildings and of industrial waste heat.
Also other projects could be eligible, excluding nuclear energy. The MOU expires at the end of the
first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.
Austria has agreed with UNIDO a project to assist several potential CDM recipient countries, to
build the capacities required for CDM programs and projects in the industrial and energy sectors.
The activities are designed through partnerships with Austrian business and industry. Mexico is
participating and the present study forms part of the project.
Austrian stakeholders and potential stakeholders
As potential counterparts, partners and associates with the UNIDO-Austria Project at Mexico, they
are numerous Austrian organizations and enterprises with technological or finance capacities, or
interest in CER’s acquisition. Austria has considerable potential in the development and
deployment of energy-efficient climate-friendly technologies and is a world leader in some key
areas of renewable technology development with the potential to develop a wide range of CDM
projects. A sample of Austrian organizations, with interest in potential opportunities for reducing
GHG emissions within the Kyoto Protocol flexibility mechanisms, is shown below:
64 See Annex I-G.
65 Austria has reduced its GHG waste related emissions 24.2% from 1990 to 2003.
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