Requirements for CPAs

A Programme of Activities is made up of CDM Programme Activities (CPAs). Whilst the current Procedures for registration of a programme of activities as a single CDM project activity and issuance of certified emission reductions for a programme of activities (EB 47, Annex 29) do not provide a definition of CPA, a definition is provided in the previous guidance found in EB 32, Annex 38:

A CDM programme activity [is] a project activity under a programme of activities. A CPA is a single, or a set of interrelated measure(s), to reduce GHG emissions or result in net anthropogenic greenhouse gas removals by sinks, applied within a designated area defined in the baseline methodology (EB 32, Annex 38, page 1).

EB32, Annex 38 also provided that CPAs must be uniquely identified:

Each CPA shall be uniquely identified, defined and localized in an unambiguous manner including the exact start and end date of the crediting period, by providing, at the stage it is added to the registered PoA, the information required by the registered PoA (EB 32, Annex 38, paragraph 9).

Multiple CPAs can be included under a Programme of Activities (PoA) at the time of registration and additional CPAs can be added at any point in the life of the Programme of Activities:

A CPA can be included in a registered PoA at any time during the duration of the PoA. To include an additional CPA in a registered PoA, the coordinating/managing entity shall forward, after having ensured all the requirements determined in the PoA and its specific CDM-CPA-DD are met, the completed CDM-CPA-DD form to any DOE for consistency checking. The coordinating/managing entity may forward more than one CDM-CPA-DD at one time (EB 47, Annex 29, paragraph 19).

If a CPA is consistent with the overall PoA, the designated operational entity (DOE) can include it by uploading the project design document CDM-CPA-DD to the UNFCCC website:

This DOE shall scrutinize the information in the CDM-CPA-DD against the latest version of the PoA and documentation requirements and, if consistency/integrity is confirmed, include the proposed CPA(s) in the registered PoA by forwarding the CDM-CPA-DD to the CDM Executive Board via uploading it through a dedicated interface on the UNFCCC CDM website. Such uploads shall be grouped and not occur more frequently than once per month (EB 47, Annex 29, paragraph 20).

A Programme of Activities can involve CPAs in multiple countries.