Carbon Development Mechanisms

This allows Annex One countries to invest in nonAnnex One countries in exchange for carbon offset credits.

Description of Protocol:

• Non Annex Countries will advertise that they are looking for a certain amount of investment to complete a specific task (ie. Carbon absorption/reduction)
• Annex one countries will respond with an offer
• Non Annex One will choose which offer to accept

For carbon absorption the following will occur

• nonAnnexOne:
  • Cash increases (temporarily and invisibly to the country)
  • Arable land area reduced
  • Carbon Absorption increases by X
• AnnexOne
  • Cash Decreases
  • Carbon offset increases by X

For carbon reduction

• non Annex One
  • Cash increases (temporarily and invisibly to the country)
  • Carbon output decreases by X
• Annex One
  • Cash decreases
  • Carbon offset increases by X

In the case the nonAnnexOne country doesn't have enough cash to make the absorption/reduction it promised, everyone is refunded and the CDM trade is abandoned.

To initiate CDM call the following from the nonAnnexOne country

broadcastInvesteeOffer(int quantity, InvestmentType itype);