Policy documents and academic literature suggest that Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) finance could complement traditional ‘energy access’ (EA) funding in developing countries, including the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Yet these propositions have not been empirically tested. This study helps fill this gap by examining constraints to CDM project passage through five stages of an idealized project development cycle (PDC) in Tanzania, and their implications for the ability of the CDM to contribute to financing energy access in LDCs.

The pervasive mistrust with which the Copenhagen Conference ended does not augur well for post-Copenhagen negotiations. This commentary explores existing fault lines and proposes creative ways of moving forward.

The problem of creating an appropriate domestic sectoral climate policy by emerging economy governments is examined through the case study of India

What lessons for policy makers at national and international level can be drawn from the growing experiences of reconciling development and climate change?

Based on the verified emissions for the 2005 and 2006 trading years, the actual emissions and allowances for each installation
covered by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) were compared. Based on data available for 24 Member States as