Tracking under Article 6 in Japan
2 nd Tracking Working Group of the Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership
Nov 21st, 2023

Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Tracking system in Japan
Kyoto Protocol

Article 6
Joint Implementation
Article 12
Clean Development Mechanism
Article 17
International Emission Trading Modalities for the accounting of
assigned amounts under Article 7,
Ⅱ. Registry requirement (para 17)

National registry(established in 2008)

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Paris Agreement
Article 6.2(Cooperative approach)

The Joint Crediting Mechanism
 Guidance on cooperative approaches
referred to in Art 6.2
Ⅵ. Recording & tracking (para 29)

JCM registry system ofJapan(established in 2015)

Tracking Guidance on cooperative approaches referred to in Art 6.2
Ⅵ. Recording & tracking, A Tracking (para 29)
Each participating Party shall have, or have access to, a registry for the purpose of
tracking and shall ensure that such registry records, including through unique
identifiers, as applicable, authorization, first transfer, transfer, acquisition, use
towards NDCs, authorization for use towards other international mitigation purposes,and voluntary cancellation (including for overall mitigation in global emissions, ifapplicable), and shall have accounts as necessary.

 Rules and Guidelines of JCM between Japan and partner countries
 Each Government establishes and maintains a registry in line with thecommon specifications for registries, as developed by the Joint Committee;
to ensure the accurate accounting of the issuance, holding, transfer,acquisition, cancellation and retirement of JCM credits.

3Form, functions and processes4 Guidance relating to the registries referred to in decision 2/CMA.3, annex,
paragraph 29 (para 1& 2)

Based on softwareAccounts for ITMOs, as necessary;
Recording the actions relating to ITMOs, including authorization, first transfer, etc.
Tracking ITMOs and maintaining records, including through unique identifiers;
Providing access to the Party and other entities for which access is authorized by
the Party
Producing, maintaining and compiling records, information and data, consistently
with the annual information submitted in the agreed electronic format

 JCM registry of Japan is an electronic registry.
 Common specification of JCM registry Accounts for the government, each entity, cancellation
and retirement
 Establishing and maintaining a transaction record toverify the validity of transactions
 Account holders (Governments and entities) canaccess the registry

Tracking and recording methods
 Guidance relating to the registries referred to in decision 2/CMA.3, annex,
paragraph 29 (para 5 & 6)
The unique identifier for each ITMO shall comprise at the minimum:(a) The identifier of the cooperative approach;(b) The identifier of the originating Party registry;(c) The identifier of the first transferring Party;(d) The serial number;(e) The vintage of the underlying mitigation outcome.

ITMOs can be tracked and reported in blocks.

(a)

(b)

Starting& Ending number of JCM credit block unit(e) JCM project number, number of issuances of JCM credit
Year of issuance of JCM credit(c)Year of emission reductions

JCM – PW – JP – 1 – 27 – 00101 – 2016 – 2014(d) Serial number *Based on the Common Specification of the JCM Registry5Way forward for Japan Guidance relating to the registries referred to in decision 2/CMA.3, annex,
paragraph 29 (para 1(b), (e) & 8)

Recording the actions relating to ITMOs, including authorization, first transfer,transfer, acquisition, use towards NDCs, authorization for use towards OIMPs,and voluntary cancellation (including for overall mitigation in global emissions,if applicable);
Producing, maintaining and compiling records, information and data,consistently with the annual information submitted in the agreed electronicformat.
Enabling reporting consistent with the agreed electronic format.

 Challenges✓AEF（Agreed Electronic Format)✓Authorization of ITMOs for use towards achievement of NDCs
Authorization of ITMOs for use towards OIMPs✓Update user interface of the JCM registry and website

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Future plan of JCM registry7

 Challenges✓AEF（Agreed Electronic Format)⇒Automatically fill in AEF & automatic check?
✓Authorization of ITMOs for use towards achievement of NDCs
Authorization of ITMOs for use towards OIMPs⇒Connecting with meta registry or other registries？How?
Authorized by meta registry?
Future Plan
Other Systems(Meta registry/Emission
Trading System/Registry)

Creditinformation

UNFCCC(CARP・A6DB)

Automactically fill in AEF
Automatic checking

New JCM registry
Connect?

Connect?

Website of JCM registry and JCM

8Thank you for your kind attention

Contact: moejcmregistry@env.go.jp

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