1 What is the Clean Development Mechanism?
		What other CDM rules remain to be decided?
		Many CDM rules and conditions for land-use projects still remain to be agreed. These include approaches for:
		calculating the net carbon benefit of CDM projects; dealing with flexible and non-permanent land-use systems; addressing the social and environmental impacts of projects.
		Although decisions will be made at the international level, their impact on the ground and for projects will be significant. Two advisory groups to the Climate Convention, called the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), will be preparing advice and guidance for a series of meetings between now and the 9th CoP (due in 2003). Developing country agencies are still able to contribute to this process, via their National Focus Points or by sending delegations to attend the IPCC and SBSTA meetings. In the meantime, projects can already be developed using existing methodologies, subject to adjustments once final rules are defined. There is also a range of activities that developing countries can do to prepare and facilitate the development of CDM projects. Section 2 explores some of these. What will happen with existing 'Activities Implemented Jointly' pilot projects?
		2 How can we prepare for the CDM?
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