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Operationalising the Article 6.4 mechanism: Options and implications of CDM activity transition and new activity registration

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  • Luca Lo Re

    (International Energy Agency)

  • Jane Ellis

    (OECD)

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This paper identifies and analyses options for the design of the Article 6.4 mechanism in two key areas. These are the possible transition of eligible activities registered under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) to the Article 6.4 mechanism; and the registration of new activities under the Article 6.4 mechanism. The paper outlines possible transition options and potential implications for four issues relating to host Party approval of activities and to the use, review and revision of baseline methodologies and accreditation standards. The paper also highlights the steps needed to register new or transitioned activities under the Article 6.4 mechanism, and how co-ordination between different actors can facilitate a transition. The paper concludes that there are options available to ensure that the Article 6.4 mechanism can be implemented within a few years of a formal agreement on the rules, modalities and procedures for Article 6, and can build on the significant experience gained with the CDM. The paper highlights different ways that this CDM experience can be built on, and outlines the varying administrative and environmental implications of doing so.

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  • Luca Lo Re & Jane Ellis, 2021. "Operationalising the Article 6.4 mechanism: Options and implications of CDM activity transition and new activity registration," OECD/IEA Climate Change Expert Group Papers 2021/02, OECD Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:oec:envaab:2021/02-en
    DOI: 10.1787/08ce04ee-en
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    1. Hanna-Mari Ahonen & Juliana Kessler & Axel Michaelowa & Aglaja Espelage & Stephan Hoch, 2022. "Governance of Fragmented Compliance and Voluntary Carbon Markets Under the Paris Agreement," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 10(1), pages 235-245.

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    Keywords

    Article 6; carbon markets; CDM; Kyoto Protocol; Paris Agreement; UNFCCC;
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    JEL classification:

    • F53 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations
    • Q29 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Other
    • Q49 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Other
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Q58 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environmental Economics: Government Policy

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