Traduction de «mécanisme de développement des caraïbes » (Français → Anglais) :

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has been financing social and economic development in the Caribbean for the past four decades, with cumulative approvals amounting to US$3.5 billion.

43. To the extent that the GCCA entails action on mitigation, stresses that LDCs and SIDS need capacity-building and technical support in order to be able to enhance their participation in the CDM; also calls on the Commission to actively engage in international climate change negotiations with the goal of strengthening the CDM, to ensure additionality and coherence with development and climate goals; further calls on the Commission not to focus exclusively on CDM as the ultimate policy tool, but also provide alternative support for mitigation action more suitable for the poorest countries, with priority given both to land use, land-us ...[+++]e change and forestry (LULUCF) activities and low-carbon technologies;

b) developing countries should also contribute, within their capacities and without slowing their development, to the general mitigation effort; notes that there would be an additional advantage for most developing countries, which are presently highly dependent on oil and therefore face very high energy costs: any reduction of energy consumption and increased use of alternative energy sources would therefore be highly beneficial; points out that the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol has the potential to contribute to this goal, and ways to develop it ...[+++]beyond the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol should be explored, especially by exploring ways of decreasing costs and increasing the efficiency of the process required to get CDM projects approved; notes that its successful launch requires greater financial support from European countries to overcome its current funding problems; however, it is important that the Clean Development Mechanism should be evaluated in such a way that it achieves the desired result and does not merely permit businesses to evade their responsibilities for improving energy efficiency;

This does not include support and assistance that would be available through the Caribbean Development Bank or the Central American Bank for Economic Integration, or a number of other mechanisms through which development assistance and support can and is being provided.

Sinks should not be included in the CDM – the clean development mechanism – because this is a mechanism that should be used to bring social and economic development to countries.

There is the Caribbean Development Bank and the Special Development Fund; the International Fund for Agricultural Development; and the Asian Development Bank.