Clean Air Institute (CAI)

The Clean Air Institute (CAI) is an independent, non- profit 501 (c)(3) organization based in Washington DC.  The CAI was created to bridge knowledge, expertise and technical capacity gaps of national governments, local authorities and key stakeholders seeking solutions to improve air quality and mitigate climate change by enabling and catalyzing decisions and investments on sustainable transport, as well as on efficient and clean energy, among other major urban challenges.

Transport and the CDM – A future for sustainable transport?

So far, the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has not succeeded in decisively promoting sustainable land transport. If developing countries are to adopt low carbon mobility, there is the need for the existing mechanisms to be significantly modified or for new mechanisms to be introduced to provide better incentives for local and national governments to action implementation.