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No. 2009/01 | 01 Mar 2009 |
GHG Mitigation Actions
The Bali Action Plan (BAP) language on “measurable, reportable and verifiable” (MRV) greenhouse gas mitigation actions and commitments for a post-2012 climate framework was introduced to apply both to developed countries’ greenhouse gas (GHG)... |
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No. 2009/02 | 01 May 2009 |
Linking Mitigation Actions in Developing Countries with Mitigation Support
The Bali Action Plan introduced the notion of linking GHG mitigation action in developing countries with support for such action, in a "measurable, reportable and verifiable (MRV)" manner. However, it does not specify the relationship or link that... |
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No. 2009/03 | 01 Jun 2009 |
Sectoral Approaches and the Carbon Market
Sectoral approaches are proposed as a means to broaden the global scope of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation to developing countries. Market mechanisms are put forward in that context to create incentives for mitigation in developing countries beyond... |
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No. 2009/06 | 01 Oct 2009 |
Financing Climate Change Mitigation
The current monitoring, reporting and review framework under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has a number of strengths and weaknesses. Weaknesses include inconsistent and/or incomplete self reporting of financial support;... |
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No. 2009/05 | 01 Oct 2009 |
Sectoral Market Mechanisms
This paper reviews proposals for the design of sectoral and related market mechanisms that are being debated both in the UNFCCC negotiations and in different domestic legislative contexts. Decisions on the design and scope of the mechanisms in the... |
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No. 2009/04 | 01 Oct 2009 |
Reporting and Recording Post-2012 GHG Mitigation Commitments, Actions and Support
The Bali Action Plan (BAP) indicated the importance of “measurable, reportable and verifiable” (MRV) greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation actions and commitments, as well as support for GHG mitigation actions, in the post-2012 climate framework.... |
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No. 2009/07 | 01 Nov 2009 |
National and Sectoral GHG Mitigation Potential
Determining comparability of effort between mitigation actions and targets proposed by different countries is an ongoing issue for international climate negotiations. A number of indicators have been proposed to reflect comparability of effort and... |
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No. 2010/01 | 01 Jun 2010 |
Core Elements of National Reports
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol established reporting requirements for Parties. This has resulted in comprehensive and timely information on national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Annex I Parties,... |
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No. 2010/03 | 01 Nov 2010 |
Market Readiness
Market-based mechanisms offer a number of advantages to other regulatory approaches for GHG mitigation such as technology or performance standards and feed-in tariffs. Advantages include their ability to attain an emissions goal at lower cost and to... |
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No. 2010/04 | 01 Nov 2010 |
Options to Revise Reporting Guidelines for Annex I and non-Annex I National Communications
This paper outlines options for new reporting guidelines for national communications from Annex I and non-Annex I countries, both for “full” national communications and biennial “updates”. These reports can facilitate the sharing of information... |
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No. 2010/02 | 01 Nov 2010 |
Low-Emission Development Strategies (LEDS)
The term low-emission development strategies (LEDS) first emerged under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2008 and its possible role in a future climate framework continues to be debated. Though no formally agreed... |
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No. 2011/03 | 01 May 2011 |
Monitoring and Tracking Long-Term Finance to Support Climate Action
The Cancún Agreements formalise a collective commitment by developed countries to provide new and additional funding for action on climate change in developing countries both in the short- and longer-term. This collective financial commitment... |
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No. 2011/01 | 01 May 2011 |
Keeping Track: Options to Develop International Greenhouse Gas Unit Accounting after 2012
This paper examines environmental and institutional implications of the use of tradable GHG units under different international accounting scenarios in the post-2012 international climate change policy framework. A range of possible scenarios is... |
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No. 2011/02 | 01 May 2011 |
Frequent and Flexible: Options for Reporting Guidelines for Biennial Update Reports
The Cancun Agreements outlined the list of topics to be included in biennial reports and indicated that guidelines for them were to be developed, but provided limited guidance on their structure and content. This paper proposes a structure for... |
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No. 2011/05 | 01 Nov 2011 |
Tracking and Trading: Expanding on Options for International Greenhouse Gas Unit Accounting after 2012
The use of tradable greenhouse gas (GHG) units to meet emissions reduction goals is likely to continue after 2012 as many countries have expressed support for using market mechanisms to promote and enhance the cost-effectiveness of mitigation. Most... |
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No. 2011/04 | 01 Nov 2011 |
Design Options for International Assessment and Review (IAR) and International Consultations and Analysis (ICA)
In 2010, the international community took steps to improve the system of reporting and verification under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Parties to the UNFCCC decided at the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of... |
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No. 2012/02 | 01 May 2012 |
Crossing the Threshold: Ambitious Baselines for the UNFCCC New Market-Based Mechanism
At COP 17 in Durban, countries defined a new market-based mechanism to promote cost-effective mitigation actions, guided by a set of principles previously agreed at COP 16. These principles include “stimulating mitigation across broad segments of the... |
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No. 2012/01 | 01 May 2012 |
Tracking Climate Finance
Developed countries have committed under the international negotiations to jointly mobilising USD 100 billion per year by 2020 for climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. Yet consistent and comprehensive data to track this... |
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No. 2012/04 | 01 Nov 2012 |
Projecting Emissions Baselines for National Climate Policy
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions baselines are reference emissions levels. This paper focuses on projected forward-looking baselines that can be used both to inform national climate policy and to set goals that are defined relative to a... |
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No. 2012/03 | 01 Nov 2012 |
Making Markets: Unpacking Design and Governance of Carbon Market Mechanisms
Carbon market mechanisms such as emissions trading systems and crediting mechanisms can have multiple objectives. A key goal is to lower the cost of achieving greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions. Market mechanisms can also catalyse investment... |
OECD/IEA Climate Change Expert Group Papers
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GHG Mitigation Actions
Jane Ellis and Sara Moarif
01 Mar 2009
The Bali Action Plan (BAP) language on “measurable, reportable and verifiable” (MRV) greenhouse gas mitigation actions and commitments for a post-2012 climate framework was introduced to apply both to developed countries’ greenhouse gas (GHG)...
Linking Mitigation Actions in Developing Countries with Mitigation Support
Joy Aeree Kim, Jan Corfee-Morlot and Philippine de T’Serclaes
01 May 2009
The Bali Action Plan introduced the notion of linking GHG mitigation action in developing countries with support for such action, in a "measurable, reportable and verifiable (MRV)" manner. However, it does not specify the relationship or link that...
Sectoral Approaches and the Carbon Market
Richard Baron, Barbara Buchner and Jane Ellis
01 Jun 2009
Sectoral approaches are proposed as a means to broaden the global scope of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation to developing countries. Market mechanisms are put forward in that context to create incentives for mitigation in developing countries beyond...
Financing Climate Change Mitigation
Jan Corfee-Morlot, Bruno Guay and Kate Larsen
01 Oct 2009
The current monitoring, reporting and review framework under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has a number of strengths and weaknesses. Weaknesses include inconsistent and/or incomplete self reporting of financial support;...
Sectoral Market Mechanisms
André Aasrud, Richard Baron, Barbara Buchner and Kevin McCall
01 Oct 2009
This paper reviews proposals for the design of sectoral and related market mechanisms that are being debated both in the UNFCCC negotiations and in different domestic legislative contexts. Decisions on the design and scope of the mechanisms in the...
Reporting and Recording Post-2012 GHG Mitigation Commitments, Actions and Support
Jane Ellis, Sara Moarif and Joy Aeree Kim
01 Oct 2009
The Bali Action Plan (BAP) indicated the importance of “measurable, reportable and verifiable” (MRV) greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation actions and commitments, as well as support for GHG mitigation actions, in the post-2012 climate framework....
National and Sectoral GHG Mitigation Potential
Christa Clapp, Katia Karousakis, Barbara Buchner and Jean Château
01 Nov 2009
Determining comparability of effort between mitigation actions and targets proposed by different countries is an ongoing issue for international climate negotiations. A number of indicators have been proposed to reflect comparability of effort and...
Core Elements of National Reports
Jane Ellis, Sara Moarif and Gregory Briner
01 Jun 2010
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto Protocol established reporting requirements for Parties. This has resulted in comprehensive and timely information on national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Annex I Parties,...
Market Readiness
André Aasrud, Richard Baron and Katia Karousakis
01 Nov 2010
Market-based mechanisms offer a number of advantages to other regulatory approaches for GHG mitigation such as technology or performance standards and feed-in tariffs. Advantages include their ability to attain an emissions goal at lower cost and to...
Options to Revise Reporting Guidelines for Annex I and non-Annex I National Communications
Jane Ellis, Sara Moarif, Gregory Briner, Barbara Buchner and Eric Massey
01 Nov 2010
This paper outlines options for new reporting guidelines for national communications from Annex I and non-Annex I countries, both for “full” national communications and biennial “updates”. These reports can facilitate the sharing of information...
Low-Emission Development Strategies (LEDS)
Christa Clapp, Gregory Briner and Katia Karousakis
01 Nov 2010
The term low-emission development strategies (LEDS) first emerged under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2008 and its possible role in a future climate framework continues to be debated. Though no formally agreed...
Monitoring and Tracking Long-Term Finance to Support Climate Action
Barbara Buchner, Jessica Brown and Jan Corfee-Morlot
01 May 2011
The Cancún Agreements formalise a collective commitment by developed countries to provide new and additional funding for action on climate change in developing countries both in the short- and longer-term. This collective financial commitment...
Keeping Track: Options to Develop International Greenhouse Gas Unit Accounting after 2012
Andrew Prag, André Aasrud and Christina Hood
01 May 2011
This paper examines environmental and institutional implications of the use of tradable GHG units under different international accounting scenarios in the post-2012 international climate change policy framework. A range of possible scenarios is...
Frequent and Flexible: Options for Reporting Guidelines for Biennial Update Reports
Jane Ellis, Gregory Briner, Sara Moarif and Barbara Buchner
01 May 2011
The Cancun Agreements outlined the list of topics to be included in biennial reports and indicated that guidelines for them were to be developed, but provided limited guidance on their structure and content. This paper proposes a structure for...
Tracking and Trading: Expanding on Options for International Greenhouse Gas Unit Accounting after 2012
Andrew Prag, Christina Hood, André Aasrud and Gregory Briner
01 Nov 2011
The use of tradable greenhouse gas (GHG) units to meet emissions reduction goals is likely to continue after 2012 as many countries have expressed support for using market mechanisms to promote and enhance the cost-effectiveness of mitigation. Most...
Design Options for International Assessment and Review (IAR) and International Consultations and Analysis (ICA)
Jane Ellis, Gregory Briner, Yamide Dagnet and Nina Campbell
01 Nov 2011
In 2010, the international community took steps to improve the system of reporting and verification under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Parties to the UNFCCC decided at the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of...
Crossing the Threshold: Ambitious Baselines for the UNFCCC New Market-Based Mechanism
Andrew Prag and Gregory Briner
01 May 2012
At COP 17 in Durban, countries defined a new market-based mechanism to promote cost-effective mitigation actions, guided by a set of principles previously agreed at COP 16. These principles include “stimulating mitigation across broad segments of the...
Tracking Climate Finance
Christa Clapp, Jane Ellis, Julia Benn and Jan Corfee-Morlot
01 May 2012
Developed countries have committed under the international negotiations to jointly mobilising USD 100 billion per year by 2020 for climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. Yet consistent and comprehensive data to track this...
Projecting Emissions Baselines for National Climate Policy
Christa Clapp and Andrew Prag
01 Nov 2012
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions baselines are reference emissions levels. This paper focuses on projected forward-looking baselines that can be used both to inform national climate policy and to set goals that are defined relative to a...
Making Markets: Unpacking Design and Governance of Carbon Market Mechanisms
Andrew Prag, Gregory Briner and Christina Hood
01 Nov 2012
Carbon market mechanisms such as emissions trading systems and crediting mechanisms can have multiple objectives. A key goal is to lower the cost of achieving greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions. Market mechanisms can also catalyse investment...