Emissions Verification / Validation and Certification for the International Environmental Agreements (Kyoto Protocol)</font></b>

AWMS has substantial relevant qualifications and can provide high level experienced professionals to perform third party independent verification or validation and registration programs for air pollution emissions audits and other environmental protocols and agreements.

Our Company is prepared to certify implementation and enforcement of the Kyoto Protocol and other regional and international environmental agreements.

For more information please contact Serena Adler, Director of our International Office.

Verification Programs
According to the procedure under Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol, an independent entity shall determine whether measures to reduce man-made emissions, meet the relevant requirements of Article 6 and the subsequent guidelines adopted by the Conference of the Parties (COP).

As an independent entity, AWMS can review a project design document that contains information needed for the determination of whether the project:

Has been approved by the Parties involved;
Would result in a reduction of emissions by sources or an enhancement of removals that is additional to any that would otherwise occur;
Has an appropriate baseline and monitoring plan in accordance with the criteria set in the guidelines.

The determination will become publicly available through the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including a summary of the comments received and a report of how due account was taken of these.

Validation and Registration Programs
Validation is the process of independent evaluation of a project activity by a designated operational entity against the requirements of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as set out in decision (17/CP.7) and relevant decisions of the Conference of Parties/Meeting of Parties (COP/MOP), on the basis of the project design document. Registration is the formal acceptance by the executive board of a validated project as a CDM project activity. Registration is the prerequisite for the verification, certification and issuance of Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) related to that project activity.

AWMS is committed to work under the present pilot phase for further recognition as a designated operational entity. In this capacity AWMS will:

Receive from project participants, prior to the submission of a validation report to the executive board, a written approval of voluntary participation from the designated national authority of each Party involved in the project development;
Make publicly available the project design document, in accordance with provisions on confidentiality adopted by the COP/MOP;
Receive comments on the validation requirements from Parties, stakeholders and UNFCCC accredited non-governmental organizations, and make this public available within 30 days;
Inform participants of its determination on the validation of the project activity. Notification will include:

a) Confirmation of validation and date of submission of the validation report to the executive board; or

b) An explanation of reasons for non-acceptance if the documented project activity is judged not to fulfill the requirements for validation;

c) A request to the board for registration in the form of a validation report including the project design document, the written approval of the host Party as referred above and the explanation of how it has taken due account of comments received;

d) Publication of this validation report upon transmittal to the executive board.

AWMS will periodically review its internal procedures according to the decisions and rules adopted by the Conference of the Parties.