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By Charles Ogallo in Doha, Qatar.  The time has come for Africa to reap the fruits of Clean Development Mechanism commonly known as CDM under the Kyoto Protocol, an international legally binding agreement. Among new investment initiatives aimed at tackling climate change as well as reducing greenhouse gases  e missions globally , CDM has proved to be helpful in promoting sustainable development among communities facing the extremes of this global phenomenon especially in developing nations. Geothermal Power Project in Kenya. This follows an establishment of a loan scheme by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC to assist with project development in countries underrepresented in the CDM. The CDM loan scheme was officially launched on 18 April 2012, during the fourth Africa Carbon Forum in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Addressing a group of African Radio Journalists at the UN Climate Change Conference in Doha Qatar, Mr Conor Barry an expert with

By Charles Ogallo in Doha Qatar. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -UNFCCC has rolled out a revamped   outreach program aimed at scaling up public awareness on Clean Development Mechanism, commonly known as CDM of the Kyoto Protocol in Africa. Two projects currently rolled out in Africa and other least developing countries around the globe are among them Regional Collaboration Centers- RCC and Help-Desks, mainly to promote public awareness about CDM and show case benefits of CDM projects in climate change mitigations and promotion of sustainable developments.  UNFCCC Chief at COP18 in Doha, Qatar.  These initiatives come as the UN body’s reports indicate that Africa still lags far behind in number of projects being implemented globally under CDM, with only 2 percent of all registered projects to date. According to experts, Clean Development Mechanism has far reaching benefits in reducing carbon emissions and other greenhouse gases as well