Contributions

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

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