Abstract
With an aim toward addressing the issue of global climate change, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is engaged in activities of support and cooperation based on four approaches within the sector of solid waste management : (1) Reduction of green house gas (GHG) emissions at landfills ; (2) Mitigation of solid waste GHG generation potentiality through intermediate treatment ; (3) Reduction of GHG emissions from the solid waste management (SWM) process through the enhancement of management system capacities ; (4) Promotion of the low-carbon society concept through waste reduction in the overall economic process.
Although CDM projects in the SWM sector thus far have mainly implemented the approaches described in (1) and (2) above, it has become crucial to also adopt the concepts in (3) and (4) in order to achieve sustainable development in developing countries. This is one of the main goals of CDM. Making sure to avoid isolated formulation and implementation, the CDM project must be formulated to become one part of an overall capacity development program for the field of SWM in developing countries.
