Progress and plans ofthe Article 6 Implementation Partnership
9/1/2023
Sadamitsu Sakoguchi
MOE Japan

Potential of Article 6
Expected impacts of the Article 6 implementation
Experts have estimated that implementing
Article 6 could reduce additional

4 – 12 billion tCO2

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emission per yearby 2030.
This corresponds to

10% - 40% of
global CO2 emissions in 2018.
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Implementing Article 6 can stimulate
global carbon market as well as private
investment, which simultaneously
contribute to global emission reduction
and countries’ economic growth.
Size of carbon markets willreach US$300-400billion※2 in 2030.

•J. Edmonds et al. 2021. How much could article 6 enhance nationally determined contribution ambition toward Paris Agreement goals througheconomic efficiency? (P.18), Climate Change Economics• UNEP and UNEP DTU. 2021. Emissions Gap Report 2021. (P.59)• TSVCM. 2021. TASKFORCE ON SCALING VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKETS Final Report (P.13)• UNEP and UNEP DTU. 2021. Emissions Gap Report 2021 (P.60)• IETA (2021) The Carbon Markets Role of Article 6 Compatible Carbon Markets in Reaching Net-Zero (P.13)

1Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership (A6IP)
Overview◼ Promote international collaboration for capacity building related to Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, including by sharing good practices
and supporting the implementation of Article 6.

Participants
69 countries・34 international organizations (As of August)Organizations
Countries
ADB, AfDB, Climate
Andorra, Argentina, Armenia, Australia,
Focus, C2ES,
Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados,Belize, Bhutan, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burundi, Eastern Africa
LauncheventChile, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Alliance, EBRD,Cambodia,Canada,
Dominican Republic, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, ERCST, GGGI, GoldFrance, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Standard, ICAT, IEA,IETA, IGES, NDC
Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Lao PDR, Maldives,
Partnership, OECC,Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia,
Perspectives,Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palau,UNDP, UNEP,
Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda,
Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, UNFCCC, UNIDO,
UNU-IAS, WB,Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Timor Leste,
West African
Tunisia, Togo, Uganda, UAE, UK, US, Ukraine,Alliance, WRI, etc.
Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Launch event◼ Date November 16, 2022
◼ Venue COP27 Japan Pavilion◼ Main participants (Ministerial level)
Japan, US, Germany, Italy, NZ, Singapore,
Sweden, Estonia, UNFCCC secretariat,
World Bank, IETA

Collaboration
Letter of Intent signed on November
16, 2022, between Mr. Nishimura,
Minister of Environment, and Mr.
Stiell, Executive Secretary of theUNFCCC, on collaboration under thispartnership.
On January 26, 2023, Memorandum of Cooperation was signed
between the World Bank and MOEJ on collaboration forrealization of international carbon markets.

269 Partner Countries (as of August)◼ Many countries are participating from each region.
◼ SIDs and LDCs are also included.

Asia

EasternEurope andCentralAsia

Europe15511Andorra,
Bangladesh, Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Estonia,
Bhutan,Georgia,
Finland,
Brunei,
Ukraine,France,Cambodia,
Uzbekistan
Germany,
India,Greece,
Lao PDR,
Italy,
Maldives,
Moldova,
Mongolia,
Sweden,Nepal,
Switzerland,
Pakistan,
UK
Philippines,
Singapore,
Sri Lanka,Thailand,
Timor-Leste

Latin
America &theCaribbean

North
Africa &the Middle
East

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Argentina,
Jordan,Bahamas,
Morocco,Barbados, Saudi Arabia,
Belize,Tunisia,
Brazil,
UAE
Chile,
Costa Rica,
Dominican
Republic,
Jamaica,
Peru

NorthernAmerica
3Canada,Mexico,USA

Oceania

SubSaharanAfrica515
Australia,
Botswana,
Fiji,
Burundi,
New Zealand, Côte d'Ivoire,
Palau,
Ethiopia,
Papua New
Ghana,
GuineaKenya,
Namibia,
Nigeria,
Rwanda,Senegal,Sudan,
Togo,
Uganda,Zambia,Zimbabwe

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Planned Activities in 2023
Outline◼ Based on the decisions on the detailed rules for implementing Article 6 at COP27,
establish thematic working groups (WG) of (1) authorization, (2) reporting, and (3)tracking, necessary for the implementation of Article 6, and provide supports for capacity
building (CB) and institutional arrangement, mainly targeting government officials.
Activities

Partnership
Website :https://A6partnership.org

Thematic WG

1.Authorization

2.Reporting

3.Tracking

Support countries’
authorization(capacity building togovernment officials, setting
policies and guidelines, etc.)

Support developing initial,
annual, and regular
reportingSupport developing
national registry, utilizing
international registry orothers

Information Platform• Regularly share information on CB andother related events via the mailing list.
• Disseminate case studies and goodpractices through the web-based
information platform

Technical Assistance• Practical training and mutual
learning on WG themes(Training on how to use Article
6 based on experience of JCM)
• Technical assistance on
development of methodology

Private Sector
Providecapacitybuilding

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A6IP’s Capacity Building Support for Authorization

Process

What to do

Target groups or worksPotential work ofcapacity building

1. Readiness- Provide supports to set
strategies and policies- Designated National Authorities(DNAs)- Government organizations- Guidebook /materials- Workshops

2. InstitutionalArrangements- Identify relevant members
and/or ministries- Develop policy frameworks- DNAs- Government organizations- Private sectors, etc.

- Consultations- Materials- Workshops

3. Authorization- Know what to authorize(e.g. projects or credits)- Identify necessary
information and procedures(e.g. projects, volume ofemission reductions)- Bilateral cooperations (e.g. JCM)
- Article 6.4 mechanisms- Voluntary Carbon Standards- Understanding ofrules and processes- Match making- Materials- Workshops

4. Corresponding - Understand methods (e.g.
Adjustments
average, trajectories, etc.)- Reporting (Initial Report, AnnualInformation, Regular Information)- Recording (Registry)- Training- Materials- Workshops

5. Managementof Institutional
Arrangements- Development of procedures andrules- Guidelines- Materials- Workshops- Changes in (legal) status orcontracts5

A6IP’s Capacity Building Support for Reporting
Reporting requirement inArticle 6 and the formats
decided at COP27

Potential capacity-building
supports provided at A6IP

Important timings•Initial Report
Outline(6/CMA.4 Annex V.)

Annual Information
Draft AEF
(6/CMA.4 Annex VII.)

Regular Information
Outline(6/CMA.4 Annex VI.)

Illustrative texts,guidance, examples,
lessons learned•

The manual to be developedby the UNFCCC Secretariat
IR to submit no later thanauthorization of ITMOs orwith the next BTR

Mock tests,
Improvement of the draft
AEF••

AEF to be finalized at COP28
AI to submit by April on anannual basis

Illustrative texts,
guidance, examples,
lessons learned•

RI to submit no later than 31
December of 2024 as anannex to its BTR

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A6IP’s Capacity Building Support for Tracking◼ A6IP could compile information of different options available for tracking and introduce
relevant options to partner countries.

UNFCCC

Share options
for tracking
World Bank

2ndTracking WG
in Nov

Facilitate introduction
to relevant partners
A6IP
partner countries

UNDP’ssupport

Independent
standards andmechanisms(Gold Standard,Verra, JCM etc.)

Countries’cases

Casestudiesetc.
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Proposed Schedule in 2023
G7 in SapporoJanMarFebSB58

May
AprCOP28Jul

JunSepAug

NovOctDec

Secretariat of the Partnership operates
1st WGs

2nd WGs

Information Platform（via website・e-newsletter）

Technical support

1st2ndMeeting

AgendaPlenary Meeting (Feb 2023)

A6IP work plan for 2023, introduction of WGs, UNFCCC and WB’s capacity building plans

Authorization WG (Mar 2023)

Sharing of countries’ authorization processes and institutional arrangements

Reporting WG (Apr 2023)

Implementing A6 reporting using formats (initial report and annual information)

Tracking WG (May 2023)

Case studies on development and operation of registries

Plenary Meeting (Sep 2023)

Focusing on regional activities welcoming RCCs and regional alliances

Authorization WG (Sep 2023)

Authorization processes and institutional arrangements

Reporting WG (Oct 2023)

A6 reporting (initial report and annual information)

Tracking WG (Nov 2023)

Development and operation of registries

8Article 6 Implementation Partnership Center⚫ In April 2023, MoE Japan established the “Article 6 Implementation Partnership(A6IP) Center”, inresponse to the outcomes of 2023 G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers’ Meeting.
⚫ As the secretariat promoting the activities of the A6IP, the Center aims to respond to the support
needs of partners, provide relevant capacity-building support, and contribute to emission reductions
and removals through the implementation of projects that leverage Article 6.
Activities of the Center●Development of capacity-building tools for
authorization, reporting, and tracking●Development of tailored support packages
responding to country needs●Collection and dissemination of information on
capacity-building support●Management of the A6IP
Management Structure⚫ Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
will be responsible for managing the Center.
⚫ The governing structure of the Center will be
expanded in collaboration with UNFCCC secretariat
and the World Bank.

Article6 Implementation Partnership
PartnerCountries
InternationalOrganizations

Plenary andThematic WGs

UNFCCC RCC/Regional Alliances

Research Institute/Private Sectors
ManageA6 Implementation
Partnership CenterAdvisory
Committee
Secretariat(i) Capacity
Building Support(ii) Annual Report,
Data Archive(iii) Holding
WGs/meetings9Thank you

E-mail: a6_partnership@env.go.jp
Website: https://a6partnership.org/

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G7 Sapporo Communique
57. Carbon Markets and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement-In order to promote the development of carbon markets while ensuring theirenvironmental integrity, we adopt the “Principles of High Integrity Carbon
Markets” as annexed, and will facilitate their implementation in carbon credit
markets, including by sharing experiences through discussions of the Carbon
Market Platform.
-Furthermore, we will collaborate to promote international coordination
among various initiatives related to capacity building, including through the“Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership”. For providing
sustained activities at the Partnership, we welcome Japan’s initiative toestablish the “Article 6 Implementation Partnership Center”, in this regard as asecretariat for the Partnership in supporting capacity building towards
implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.
G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers’ Communiqué adopted on April 16, 2023

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【Annex】 Principles of High Integrity Carbon Markets

Necessity to enhance integrity of carbon markets
 In order to achieve net-zero emissions, high integrity carbon credit markets need to be consistent
with a pathway toward overall net-zero emissions.
 There is a growing need to enhance the integrity of voluntary carbon credit markets and theiralignment to the goals of the Paris Agreement, including their incorporation of best practices
related to carbon crediting mechanisms.
 In this context, we have developed this set of “Principles of High Integrity Carbon Markets”,
which can inform global efforts to enhance integrity of carbon credits to allow all stakeholders totake advantage of the full potential of carbon markets for both voluntary and compliancepurposes.
 In doing so, we acknowledge the vital contributions of organizations and initiatives advancing
principles such as these to amplify environmental integrity in the creation and use of carbon
credits, whether for voluntary or compliance purposes.

12【Annex】 Principles of High Integrity Carbon Markets
Components of the Principles
1.

2.

3.

Supply-side Integrity➢ Emission reductions/removals align with the 1.5 degree goal and achievement of net-zeroemissions by 2050.
➢ Alignment with Article 6 rules and the CORSIA emissions units criteria and guidelines➢ Appropriate measures are in place to address environmental and social impacts(including respect for human rights, gender equality, and the rights of IndigenousPeoples) .
Demand-side Integrity➢ Unavoidable emissions should be eligible for use of credits and contributing to the 1.5
degree goal of the Paris Agreement and achievement of net-zero emissions by 2050.
➢ Use the authorized credits in accordance with Article 6 rule to achieve NDCs and otherinternational mitigation purposes.
➢ Use of credits should be widely disclosed to encourage investment in new emission
reductions other than their own emissions.
Market Integrity➢ Markets should be transparent, with information on credits used for the voluntary
market as well as the achievement of NDC recorded through a registry.
➢ Markets should be publicly disclosed in relation to their own emissions and strategies for
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achieving their goals.