Purpose of CDM
The purpose of the clean development mechanism (CDM) is defined in Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The CDM has a two-fold purpose:
(a) to assist developing country Parties in achieving sustainable development, thereby contributing to the ultimate objective of the Convention, and
(b) to assist developed country Parties in achieving compliance with part of their quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments under Article 3.
