Clean Development Mechanism

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Clean development mechanism

Eurovoc reference

434909 Clean development mechanism

Related concepts

• Developing countries
• Kyoto Protocol
• Sustainable development
• Clean technology
• Carbon capture and storage

Alternative Concepts

• Certified emission reduction
• CER
• CDM

Definition

A mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol through which developed countries may finance greenhouse-gas emission reduction or removal projects in developing countries, and receive carbon credits – Certified Emission Reductions, CER – for doing so which they may apply towards meeting mandatory limits on their own emissions. (Available from: <a href=

Other Languages

• Spanish: Mecanismo para un desarrollo limpio
• French: Mécanisme pour un développement propre
• German: Mechanismus für die umweltverträgliche Entwicklung
• Italian: Meccanismo di sviluppo pulito
• Portuguese: Mecanismo de desenvolvimento limpo
• Polish: Mechanizm czystego rozwoju

Properties and Values of Clean development mechanism

• URI https://en.legalthesaurus.org/clean-development-mechanism/
• skos:Concept: https://en.legalthesaurus.org/clean-development-mechanism/

Preferred lexical labels

• skos:prefLabel: Clean development mechanism (en) (USE)
• Term in other languages: see above

Generic concepts

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Specific concepts

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Related concepts

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Alternative lexical labels

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• skos:altLabel: synonym (S)
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Documentation notes

• skos:scopeNote: this concept on Clean development mechanism defines the activities of Clean development mechanism (en)
• skos:editorialNote: Editorial Note on Clean development mechanism (EN)
• skos:notation: Notation on Clean development mechanism: see reference Eurovoc (N)
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Thematic indexing

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