Session 1B presentation from the 7th Strategic Dialogue of the Carbon Market Platform, 4-5 October 2022

1. Capacity Building
for Article 6
Fenella Aouane

2. GGGI’s Article 6 Readiness Support
Objectives and GGGI’s role
• Open international carbon
trading markets under
Article 6
• Support countries to put in
place frameworks to
enable them to trade
Market
Dynamics
Governance
(Policies,
Procedures and
Strategies)
Technical
Capacities
(MRV, registries,
methodologies,
etc.)
Mitigation
Activities
(Origination &
Preparation)
Transactions

3. GGGI’s Carbon Programs
Mobilizing Article 6 Trading
Structures (MATS)
Swedish Energy Agency
Designing Article 6 Policy
Approaches (DAPA)
Norwegian Ministry of Climate and
Environment
Supporting Preparedness for
Article 6 Cooperation (SPAR6C)
IKI
Objective Complete ITMO transactions based around
scalable projects or programs
Complete ITMO transactions based on policy
approaches
Use Article 6 cooperative approaches to engage
the private sector in NDC implementation and
to raise ambition
Countries
Key Activities • Government engagement, buy-in, capacity
building
• Designing and deal-structuring of
mitigation activities
• Alignment of mitigation activities with
Article 6 in terms of baselines, additionality,
etc.
• Technical support to establish governance
structures for international transfer
• Selection of a policy approach based on
eligibility criteria
• Identification of impact channels and
design of MRV framework and institutional
arrangements for implementation
• Proposal on governance frameworks within
government for trading under A6
• Capacity building on A6, governance
and MOPA
• Final policy app. design with crediting
framework, financial flows and do no harm
• More than eight A6 pilot programs will be
implemented in four program countries
• Toolbox of innovative guidance and
approaches for transformative A6 design
• Research-based approach to capacity
building to facilitate a high ambition
community of practice for learning and
sharing of experiences regionally and
globally
Current Status • Started in 2020 with initial scoping
• MADDs under development in 2 countries
with ambition to enable a first transaction
in 2022
• Started in 2019 with scoping in 8 countries
• Policy approaches currently being designed
in collaboration with 4 host countries
• Program expected to start in Q2 2022.
• Consortium led by GGGI, with UNEP CCC
(formerly UNEP-DTU), GFA Consulting,
Carbon Limits and Kommunalkredit Public
Consulting

4. NEW GGGI INITIATIVES
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1. Coordination of A6 Capacity Building
HOW WE COORDINATE
- International platforms: IGES, PMI, World
Bank Climate Club, ERCST, COP/SBSTA
events, and today’s event
- Internal coordination of GGGI programs,
learning in real time from the experiences of
10+ countries
- Upward coordination: Frequent dialogue with
buyers, learning a lot about the demand often
earlier than others
1. Community of Practice for Article 6
Implementing Countries (CoP-ASIC)
2. GGGI Carbon Transaction Platform

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CoP for Article 6 Implementing Countries (CoP-ASIC)
Annual CoP Events Research Partnerships
3. Mitigation
Activity
Developemnt
3. Mitigation
Activity
Developemnt
1. Medium- and
Long-term
Emissions Planning
2. Governance
Frameworks
• Government, academia, private sector,
international experts
• Share lessons learned and best practices
o SPAR6C Toolbox
o Research Papers
o Other lessons learned
Knowledge Generation Dissemintation Application for IKI-SPAR6C
• Original research by student
researchers in program countries
• Mentorship by international and local
experts
• Presentation at annual meetings
• Post-research Internships
Country A6 Readiness Support under SPAR6C

6. 6
GGGI Carbon Transaction Platform

7. 2. Special Considerations (Research)
Design /
Launch
Introduction
Phase
Research
Cohort 1
Research
Cohort 2
Research
Cohort 3
Wrap-up
Phase
Who? Oct-Nov Jan-Jun Jul-Sep Post-cohort
Researchers Apply Develop research to present
at 2024 CoP-ASIC meeting
Complete paper Undertake internships
Consortium Advertise/Recruit
researchers
Mentorship (from UNEP-CCC
and local partners)
Report results
Arrange internships
Report results
COP27 SBSTA/Bonn 2023 2024 Meeting 2025 Meeting 2026 Meeting 2027 Meeting
Local research institutions and other trusted
partners of government key for data management
 key for successful A6 transactions
Students and youth  key to cultivating new
generation of experts (e.g. China under CDM)

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2. Special Considerations (Adaptation/Resilience)

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3. Facilitating Regional Distribution
GGGI Business Model:
Embedded Country Support
Hub & Spoke Coordination Global Network with Centralized
Sharing Mechanism
(SPAR6C/CTP)

10. Thank You
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