Table 5. Processes for using Article 6... | Emerald Publishing

Table 5.

Processes for using Article 6 of the Paris agreement

Processes	Description
Research and development	Such as the development of virtual pilots and blueprints or the generation of broader methodological work (e.g. Mitigation action assessment protocol tool)
Regulatory processes	Bilateral agreements between buyer and seller countries Approval of Article 6 activities Authorization of ITMO and AB transfers Alignment of monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) MRV of Article 6 activities with NDC accounting
Information exchange	Through databases, publications, stakeholder engagement and side events
Carbon market infrastructure	Mechanism infrastructure (e.g. registries, governing bodies, support structure with secretariat functions) Trading infrastructure (e.g. auctioning platforms)
Capacity building	Institutional capacity building (e.g. of host country designated institutions for authorizing activities, ITMO transfers and related NDC accounting) Carbon markets participants (e.g. project developers, auditors, financing institutions)
Stakeholder partnerships	(e.g. West African alliance on carbon markets and climate finance)

Processes	Description
Research and development	Such as the development of virtual pilots and blueprints or the generation of broader methodological work (e.g. Mitigation action assessment protocol tool)
Regulatory processes	Bilateral agreements between buyer and seller countries Approval of Article 6 activities Authorization of ITMO and AB transfers Alignment of monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) MRV of Article 6 activities with NDC accounting
Information exchange	Through databases, publications, stakeholder engagement and side events
Carbon market infrastructure	Mechanism infrastructure (e.g. registries, governing bodies, support structure with secretariat functions) Trading infrastructure (e.g. auctioning platforms)
Capacity building	Institutional capacity building (e.g. of host country designated institutions for authorizing activities, ITMO transfers and related NDC accounting) Carbon markets participants (e.g. project developers, auditors, financing institutions)
Stakeholder partnerships	(e.g. West African alliance on carbon markets and climate finance)

Source(s): Greiner et al. (2020)