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The clean development mechanism continues to be plagued by uncertainties over past performance and future role / Shelley Welton, Deputy Director. Climate law blog, 24/10/2011http://blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/2011/10/24/the-clean-development-mechanism-continues-to-be-plagued-by-uncertainties-over-past-performance-and-future-role/Just as the Kyoto Protocol is near a moment of crisis (the Protocol’s first commitment period is set to expire in 2012 unless the parties reach an agreement to extend it at the upcoming Conference of the Parties in Durban, South Africa, this November-December), the future of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) also hangs in the balance...