2020

Governing complexity: How can the interplay of multilateral environmental agreements be harnessed for effective international market-based climate policy instruments?

This article analyses the interplay of multilateral environmental agreements and its impact on the effectiveness international market mechanisms such as established under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement in...

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Article 6 Corresponding Adjustments: Key accounting challenges for Article 6 transfers of mitigation outcomes

This paper discusses outstanding Article 6 issues, including double-counting, additionality, environmental integrity and enhanced usage of scope. Download here Article 6 Corresponding Adjustments: Key accounting challenges for Article 6 transfers of...

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Operationalising Article 6.8 & 6.9 of the Paris Agreement

This paper summarises the key messages that were presented on the virtual seminar on "Operationalisation of Article 6.8 and 6.9 of the Paris Agreement" organised by Perspectives Climate Research...

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The Paris Agreement’s Article 6 and the WTO: Points of Convergence

Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our time. That is, it is becoming ever clearer that relative global success or failure in addressing this challenge will...

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Transformative Carbon Asset Facility (TCAF): Crediting Blueprint Synthesis Report

This report introduces the background and context of TCAF’s approach to carbon crediting, showing how it differs from other financing initiatives, and how it relates to international crediting under...

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TCAF discussion note: Corresponding Adjustments

This discussion note is a deliverable of the TCAF knowledge management work program FY 2020. It builds on ongoing discussion in the TCAF community on corresponding adjustments and responds...

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Core parameters for TCAF operations

This note translates TCAF objectives and portfolio selection criteria, as outlined in the TCAF Framework, into core parameters for TCAF operations. The note reflects TCAF’s current approach to scaled-up carbon...

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Supporting Carbon Tax Implementation in Developing Countries through Results-Based Payments for Emissions Reductions

This paper aims to explain why few low-income countries have adopted carbon taxes so far and proposes compensation mechanisms to strengthen incentives for lower-income countries to adopt carbon taxes through...

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Closing the deal on CDM transition: Study explores impact of CDM transition on Africa’s CDM portfolio

This paper looks at the impact on the African CDM portfolio of current options for transitioning from CDM to new market mechanism of Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement....

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Design Options for the New International Market Mechanism under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement

This report gives a summary of the research project "Designing the New Global Market Mechanism". This project aims to provide valuable contributions to designing of and setting the rules...

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Governing complexity: How can the interplay of multilateral environmental agreements be harnessed for effective international market-based climate policy instruments?

Article 6 Corresponding Adjustments: Key accounting challenges for Article 6 transfers of mitigation outcomes

Operationalising Article 6.8 & 6.9 of the Paris Agreement

The Paris Agreement’s Article 6 and the WTO: Points of Convergence

Transformative Carbon Asset Facility (TCAF): Crediting Blueprint Synthesis Report

TCAF discussion note: Corresponding Adjustments

Core parameters for TCAF operations

Supporting Carbon Tax Implementation in Developing Countries through Results-Based Payments for Emissions Reductions

Closing the deal on CDM transition: Study explores impact of CDM transition on Africa’s CDM portfolio

Design Options for the New International Market Mechanism under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement

Planned EU carbon market reform is ‘politically suicidal’, warns French MEP

What Biden can learn from the EU’s newest climate push

‘Way out in front’: EU races ahead with muscular carbon plan