Kingston, Jamaica. March 17, 2009, (Panos) – Jamaica is looking to take better advantage of the Clean Development Mechanism of the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, with the formulation of a policy to guide projects for consideration by that facility.
Clifford Mahlung, one of the island’s senior climate negotiators and the recently elected vice-chairman of the executive board of the Clean Development Mechanism, said a draft of the policy should be complete by the end of next month. Once completed, Mahlung said the document would be sent to Cabinet for consideration.
“By March 2009, a draft should be out and ready to be taken to Cabinet to see if we can get approval,” he said.
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