Definition(s)
Approval test for projects under the CDM of the Kytoto Protocol. CDM projects are considered additional if they would not have taken place in the absence of the CDM. (Source: Glossary of Terms for Negotiators of MEAS, 2007) Funding principle envisaged to ensure that (for instance Global Environment Facility) funds do not substitute for existing development finance but provide new and additional funding to produce agreed global environmental benefits. (Source: InforMEA)
Hierarchy
Broader: Clean Development Mechanism
Related concepts from Law and Environment Ontology:
In other languages
French
additionnalité
Russian
дополняемость
Spanish
adicionalidad
Arabic
الإضافية
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Multilateral environment agreements tagged with Additionality
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Additionality. This includes official treaty texts, decisions, recommendations, and other related
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Kyoto Protocol | 1 article or paragraph |
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Protocol on Heavy Metals | 3 articles and paragraphs |

