Federal Department of the Environment, Transport,
Energy and Communications (DETEC)
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN

Tracking of mitigation
outcomes under Article 6Simon Fellermeyer, Federal Office for the Environment
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Tracking purpose

How can we safely, securely and reliably
facilitate the transfer of units across actors?
… and account accordingly?

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Tracking systems in transition
Multitude of cooperation
types

Kyoto registry and ITL
experience

Registry use beyond
Article 6by someTracking
systemstransition
Interim ad-hoc tracking
solutionsmanual cancellation andre-issuance

Paris registry guidance
under negotiation?

on-going thought process

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Tracking responsibility in COP26 decision• “29. Each participating Party shall have, or have access to, a registry for thepurpose 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.“• “30. The secretariat shall implement an international registry for participating
Parties that do not have or do not have access to a registry.”

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What do we track?
• Anything that Parties decide to authorise under Article 6, this could be:• Units issued under a cooperative approach (e.g. Ghana and Switzerland)• Units issued under an existing independent standard• Units that represent mitigation outcomes based on other cooperation (e.g. linkingof Emissions Trading Systems)• Depending on the type of cooperation, «the unit» may be in different places• Focus of Paris Agreement tracking guidance on transparency and accounting
implications• Easier to operationalize if happening in one central and connected system

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Swiss experience on tracking• Swiss registry linked to the UNFCCC ITL: smooth and secure connection based oncommon data exchange standard (DES) to CDM registry and other Partyregistries• Swiss registry connected to EU registry in context of ETS linking agreement• Lack of clear common technical guidance bears risk of faulty implementation andunnecessary expenses• Need to fit Paris context: all Parties have the right to participate in Article 6 andneed to be able to connect with partners• Interim solution: cancellation and re-issuance through manual process

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6Summary• Room contains different visions based on specific domestic situations, scenarios,
experience and legislative mandates• Glasgow and Sharm el Sheikh guidance constitutes minimum infrastructure
requirements• No Party will be forced to go beyond (e.g. connect to international registry)• Article 6 room has possibility to make life of our registry colleagues, private
sector and our own easier in the future• What we are building may last for very long
• Central and interconnected system lowers transaction costs and reduces riskof manual errors
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