19. Reconfirms its support for the continuing use of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a means of promoting climate-friendly technologies; emphasises that conditions should be created as soon as possible for the continuation and further development of the CDM beyond 2012; highlights the need to improve effectiveness through stricter sustainability criteria, improved governance, simplified administrative procedures and the possible movement towards sectoral CDM; emphasises however that, as an offset mechanism, it is only a temporary solution and the goal should remain to establish a global carbon cap based on a fair and proportionate allocation of quotas; maintains the principle agreed under the Kyoto Protocol that the use of ...[+++] flexible mechanisms must be supplemental to domestic reductions;

18. Reconfirms its support for the continuing use of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a means of promoting climate-friendly technologies; emphasises that conditions for the continuation and further development of the CDM beyond 2012 should be created as soon as possible; highlights the need to improve effectiveness through stricter sustainability criteria, improved governance, simplified administrative procedures and the possible movement towards sectoral CDM; emphasises however that, as an offset mechanism, it is only a temporary solution and the goal should remain to establish a global carbon cap based on a fair and proportionate allocation of quotas; maintains the principle agreed under the Kyoto Protocol that the use of ...[+++] flexible mechanisms must be supplemental to domestic reductions;

IETA's concern is to ensure that business is able to use flexible mechanisms for corporate compliance, with GHG reduction policies that preserve competitiveness.

IETA's concern is to ensure that business is able to utilize flexible mechanisms for corporate compliance with GHG reduction policies that preserve competitiveness.

The principles are the following, and I will close on these: If Quebeckers vote clearly for independence, 1) the federal government should enter into negotiations in good faith with the Government of Quebec in order to minimize the negative impact of the transition; 2) the federal government should repudiate violence and intimidation, and economic or other sanctions as means to thwart the democratic will of Quebeckers; 3) the federal government, working with the Government of Quebec, after a majority vote by Quebeckers for independence, should put in place flexible mechanisms for negotiations; 4) the federal gover ...[+++]nment should accept that the next Quebec referendum take place under the supervision of the United Nations; 5) a group of international experts should be directed to oversee the next referendum.

They did not suggest that it be a judicial recourse, per se, but that it be a flexible and effective mechanism where clients who don't get their rights respected have redress.