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Letter to Buyers of CDM Credits from Chinese Hydros

(A similar letter has been sent to the following buyers of carbon credits from Chinese hydros: ENEL, EDF Trading Limited, ICECAP, CAMS AB Sweden, RWE Power AG, MGM Carbon Portfolio, Kommunalkredit, EcoSecurities, Energy Systems International, Eco Energia, Endesa Generacion SA, CDCF, Factor Consulting, IXIS, Int System Energy Corporation, Arreon Carbon, Sindicatum Carbon Capital International, KfW, Ecoinvest, ICF, ESI BV, WBCF, CCAN)

Letter to CDM Executive Board On Non-Additional Chinese Hydros

Barbara Haya
Consultant, International Rivers
PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley
bhaya [at] berkeley [dot] edu

Hans Jürgen Stehr
Chair CDM Executive Board
CDM Secretariat
CDMinfo [at] unfccc [dot] int

October 12, 2007

Memo to DNV on CDM Validation for Sondu-Miriu Large Hydro (Kenya)


To: Members of the validation team for the Sondu Miriu Hydro Power Project in Kenya, DNV

From: Bryan Ashe, Earthlife Africa eThekwini, South Africa
Liane Greeff, Environmental Monitoring Group, South Africa
Barbara Haya, University of California, Berkeley and International Rivers
Betty Obbo, African Rivers Network, Uganda

The WCD Framework and Investment in Large Dams

In May 2005, HSBC was the first private bank to adopt the decision–making framework of the World Commission on Dams. In July, International Rivers and BankTrack called on more than 80 banks in 17 countries to follow the example of HSBC and adopt the WCD recommendations. What follows is the NGO letter to the banks.
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