Sustainable development co-benefits tool (SD Tool)
The SD Tool is a user-friendly survey used to
create a detailed report describing the sustainable development co-benefits of CDM projects and programmes of activities (PoAs) for
submission to the UNFCCC secretariat for publication online.
The SD Tool is available to
CDM project participants and coordinating/managing entities for use on a voluntary basis.
The published reports are available to
everyone online.
Step 1: Create an external UNFCCC account
Project participants (PPs) and
coordinating/managing entities (CMEs) can access the tool with an external UNFCCC account.
Please create an account on
https://userregistration.unfccc.int
Step 3: Request access to your project
You will be able to request access to your
project clicking on the button 
,
if it is not already listed in the project
table. You will be informed by mail if your request was approved or rejected.
Step 4: Edit & Submit
If your project is in the table you can start editing it with the button
For more information please see the
manual
Step 5: Promote
You can use the SDC description report to
promote the sustainable development co-benefits of your CDM project activity or PoA.
For an alternative to using the online SD Tool, please complete the
word document
here.