Emissions Trading Registries: Guidance on Regulation, Development and Administration

doi:10.1596/25142

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Emissions Trading Registries: Guidance on Regulation, Development and Administration

dc.contributor.author	Partnership for Market Readiness
dc.contributor.author	Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-13T17:55:03Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-13T17:55:03Z
dc.date.issued	2016-10
dc.description.abstract	The issues around the environmental integrity of international market mechanisms have gained a great deal of attention in the wake of the Paris Agreement. In addition, with the agreement on market-based measures for international aviation being reached, these issues are likely to gain even more prominence in countries’ efforts to prepare for the implementation of international market mechanisms. In a context where inaccurate accounting is one of the environmental integrity risks associated with market mechanisms, an emissions trading registry is critical for avoiding “double counting”—the situation where a single GHG emission reduction or removal is used more than once to demonstrate compliance with mitigation targets. An emissions trading registry is an online database that issues, records, and tracks the carbon units that are exchanged within market mechanisms or financed through Results-Based Climate Finance programs. Given the length of time and capacity needed for the development of a registry, it is essential for countries that are in the process of designing market mechanisms to factor in specific regulatory, administrative, functional, and technical aspects of registry development. Against this backdrop, and to further facilitate future registry design and implementation, this report provides policy makers and other stakeholders with technical insights and guidance on how to support country-specific decision making and activities related to registry development.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26858987/emissions-trading-registries-guidance-regulation-development-administration
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/25142
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/25142
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject	climate change
dc.subject	greenhouse gas emissions
dc.subject	carbon pricing
dc.subject	carbon trading
dc.subject	climate finance
dc.subject	emissions trading
dc.subject	administration
dc.subject	registry
dc.subject	REDD+
dc.subject	Kyoto commitments
dc.subject	Kyoto Protocol
dc.subject	Paris Agreement
dc.subject	cap-and-trade
dc.subject	emission reduction
dc.title	Emissions Trading Registries	en
dc.title.subtitle	Guidance on Regulation, Development and Administration	en
dc.type	Working Paper	en
dc.type	Document de travail	fr
dc.type	Documento de trabajo	es
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.crossref.title	Emissions Trading Registries
okr.date.disclosure	2016-10-12
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.doctype	Publications & Research::Working Paper
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26858987/emissions-trading-registries-guidance-regulation-development-administration
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1596/25142
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	26858987
okr.identifier.report	109027
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okr.language.supported	en
okr.pdfurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/780741476303872666/pdf/109027-WP-PUBLIC-12-10-2016-15-54-42-PMRFCPFRegistriesPosting.pdf	en
okr.topic	Environment::Carbon Policy and Trading
okr.topic	Environment::Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases
okr.topic	Environment::Environmental Economics & Policies
okr.unit	Climate Change - D2-GCCCF - IBRD (GCCCF)