The use of Upstream Emissions Reductions (UERs) as a mechanism for organisations who are required to comply with the European Fuel Quality Directive is governed by conditions.
One of these is to ensure that the double counting of UERs between EU Member States is avoided. At present, an EU level database or registry does not exist.
The Certification Bodies, who verify the number of UERs which projects generate, have an obligation, for a particular monitoring period, to confirm to the EU Member State which will issue the UERs that they have not been used to fulfil an obligation within another EU Member State. Given that a central registry does not exist, it is not possible to definitively confirm that double counting of UERs has not taken place.
The solution to this problem is by use of the registry that we have developed and will administer. In simple terms the registry operates as follows:
The founders of Ariadne Climate are specialists in the areas of Climate Change, Sustainability software development.
Collectively, they have close to a century’s worth of experience in these areas and particularly with projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Members of the team are former heads of the Climate Change Departments within Verification Bodies and senior advisors to the UNFCCC.
Our registry has been developed by members of the team who have significant experience in this specialised area and have developed the registries and solutions which are used to administer CDM projects at the UNFCCC.
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