Isra-Mart srl:New climate change practitioner survey findings topical to COP16 proceedings

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As COP16 in Cancun moves to discussion of CDM reform and negotiations continue on issues related to REDD, MRV, and capacity building

A report is released by GHG Management Institute, in conjunction with Sequence Staffing. The report presents findings from a survey of ~1,000 global greenhouse gas measurement and management practitioners. The following findings have immediate relevance to UNFCCC proceedings: GHG verification and CDM/JI

* 72.3% of surveyed practitioners indicated they believe GHG verification lacks sufficient oversight

* 63.9% of respondents concluded that CDM/JI verifier accreditation doesn’t adequately measure competence of individual auditors

* 86.5% of the practitioners polled indicated they support individual certification of verifiers as a prerequisite for performing CDM/JI verification work

* 56.1% thought the CDM Executive Board’s suspensions of verification firms were indicative of functioning oversight, while the remaining 43.9% disagreed, concluding the suspensions pointed to failures in oversight

REDD
* 88.7% of respondents believe there is a moderate (46.4%) to severe (42.3%) shortage of qualified GHG forestry practitioners to implement an avoided deforestation regime

MRV
* 80.1% of respondents indicated that an international framework that expands MRV requirements to rapidly developing countries (e.g., BASIC) would overextend the capacity of available qualified GHG practitioners