Contributions

Selected publications on climate change and carbon topics authored by South Pole Carbon staff, and other South Pole Carbon related resources:

Perspectives (2011)
Piloting greater use of standardised approaches
in the Clean Development Mechanism
Contributions by Christoph Sutter and Sophie Tison, prepared for the UK Department for International Development.  

Schwab Foundation (2011)
Image video on South Pole Carbon
Produced on the occasion of Christoph Sutter and Renat Heuberger awarded Swiss Social Entrepreneur 2011  

Tilmann Silber (2011):
Peatlands in Indonesia National REDD+ Strategy
Study for Wetlands International, co-written by South Pole Carbon's forestry expert Tilmann Silber.  

South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd. (2011):
How to develop a NAMA by scaling-up ongoing programmatic CDM activities on the road from PoA to NAMAS
Study by South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd on behalf of KfW Bankengruppe and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety  

Grobbel, C. (2011):
Nachhaltigkeit und Emissionssenkung als Opportunität statt Bürde
Carbon disclosure and offsetting as opportunities
for businesses outside the EU ETS
In: VIK Mitteilungen (German only), April 2011  

Sutter, C., Schibli, R. (2011):
If you want a Nama tomorrow you need a PoA today
Programmatic CDM can be a stepping stone to nationally appropriate mitigation actions
In: Trading Carbon, March 2011  

Beaurain, F., Schmidt-Traub, G. (2010):
The PoA Guidebook
The seminal guidebook, developed for FFEM, French Ministry of Finance, French Ministry of Environment, CDC Climat and ADEME
Second circulation, April 2011  

Schmidt-Traub, G. (2009):
Kick-Starting Africa’s Carbon Markets
Implications of climate change for African governments ahead of COP15
Paper for African Progress Panel, December 2009  

Heuberger, R. (2009):
Large Hydro: Size isn’t everything
Notes on the assessment of hydro projects
Guest comment for Point Carbon, August 19, 2009  

Bin Najib, W. (2009):
A missed opportunity
The CDM in Pakistan today
In: News on Sunday, Karachi, May 24, 2009  

Heuberger, R. (2008):
Experiences with a PoA on Hydropower in Indonesia
Side Event at CoP 14: Innovation for the Next Level of CDM  

Imwinkelried, B., Sutter, C., Durana, M. (2008):
Klimaschutz und Rendite kombinieren
In: Finanz und Wirtschaft (German only), June 18, 2008  

BBC Reporter (2007)
Video on our Gold Standard 4.5 MW Biomass Power CDM Project in India.
 

Hansson, P., Sundemo, M. (2007):
Welfare Implications of a Gold Standard CDM Project – A field study of a biomass power project in the Indian state of Karnataka.
School of Business, Economics and Law at Göteborg University  

Donceel, H. (2007):
Carbon Credits - Seeking Reward in the Voluntary Market.
In: Thai-American Business, Volume 5/2007  

Grobbel, C. (2007):
Costs and Benefits
Christoph Grobbel examines how proposed reforms would impact on the Emission Trading Scheme's cost efficiency and environmental effectiveness
- and how easy they would be to implement.
In: Environmental Finance, May 2007  

Sutter, C. (2007):
Will it fly?
Christoph Sutter welcomes the recently approved rules for programmatic CDM, but finds they may not be exactly what project developers expected.
In: Carbon Finance, July 2007  

Grobbel, C. (2006):
Die Crux mit den Zertifikaten - Die Kosten für Emissionsrechte spielen bei Investitionen eine wichtige Rolle.
In: Verlagsbeilage zur Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung, 26. April 2006  

Sutter, C. (2006):
Perspective from the supply side: Gold Standard is feasible.
In: The Gold Standard Newsletter, 2/06,
Gold Standard Foundation, Basel.  

Heuberger, R., Brent, A., Santos, L., Sutter, C., Imboden, D. (2006):
CDM Projects under the Kyoto Protocol:
A methodology for Sustainability Assessment.
Experiences from South Africa and Uruguay.
Environment, Development and Sustainability (2006)  

Brent, A., Heuberger, R., Manzini, D. (2005):
Evaluating projects that are potentially eligible for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) funding in the South African context: a case study to establish weighting values for sustainable development criteria.
In: Environment and Development Economics 10: 631–649,
Cambridge University  

Heuberger, R., Thomas, F. (2004):
Qualitäts-Standards für Mikro-Klimaschutz-Projekte.
In: Umwelt-Fokus (2004)  

Bürgi, P. (2003):
Sustainability Assessment of Bioenergy Generation in the South-Indian State of Karnataka: Multicriteria Analysis of a Biomass Gasification Power Plant
Zürich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)  

Sutter, C. (2003):
Sustainability Check-Up for CDM Projects:
Multi-Criteria Assessment of Energy Related Projects Under the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol.
Berlin, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Berlin (ISBN: 3-936846-59-6)  

Sutter, C., U. Brodmann, et al. (2001):
International CO2 Abatement Projects: Experience from the
Swiss AIJ Pilot Program.
In: Energy and Environment 12(5&6): 521–529  

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