Capacity Building Support for Countries
on Reporting Requirements under Article 6Hari Gadde
World Bank
Oct 18, 2023

Emerging Article 6 Reporting and Registry Infrastructure-Pending, holding,retirement,cancellation,cancellation towards
OMGE and SOPadaptation
Holding account foreach Party and eachpublic or private entity

A6 Technical Expert
Review Team (A6TERT)--

Review initial reportand regular info
Prepare a report andrecomm to Parties
Forward the report toA13TERT

A6.2 International
Registry-Sec to implement forParties that do nothave or do not haveaccess to a registry
Shall be part of theCARP-

Publication of the report
Consist. chk and publication--

Secretariat
Check the consistencyof recorded info,
notify Parties any
inconsistencies andmake non
confidential info
public on CARP
Provide info incl
consistency check to
A6TERT

Centralized Accountingand Reporting
Platform (CARP)--

A6 Database (A6DB)
To record and compile
annual/regular info:
Cas, emission balances,info on ITMOs
To support A6TERT
Identify inconsistencies

Online Portal by the Sec

Registry for Cooperative
approaches-Records, including
through unique
identifiers –authorization, firsttransfer, transfer,acquisition, use towards
NDCs, authorization forOps and voluntarycancellation

Based on the info stored in each registry

Parties submit annual
info and regular info
(included in astructured summary
Annual info

NIR andother info
Regular info
based onA6.2
guidance

BTR-A6.4 Mechanism
Registry

Transmitted to online portal
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Reporting Requirements Versus Infrastructure
Required Information
Initial Report

NDC quantification (in tCO2 and non-CO2 metric),
measurement metric for ITMOs, CA process, andproposed cooperative approaches

Supporting Infrastructure Reporting and Frequency
GHG Inventory (for NDCQuantification)

One-time Initial report to thesecretariat before 1st transfer
under any cooperative
No infrastructure needed for approach.
other information
Registry (National, Regional, Annual electronic submission
or International)

Yearly Information Authorization(s), transfers, cancellation, use towards
NDC, or other international purposeson ITMOs
For each cooperative approach, annual information on Registry (National, Regional, Every two years (as part of
Biennial
Biennial Transparency Report)
corresponding adjustments, any updates to information or International)
Transparency
Report (Cooperative submitted for previous years
DMSApproaches)
How each cooperative approach mitigates GHG
emissions, contributes towards implementation of theNDC, etc.
Annual information on changes in emissions and GHG Inventory (change inremovals from sectors and GHG covered by the NDC
GHG emissions)

Biennial
Transparency
Report (GHG, MO,Quantity of ITMOs first transferred (annual and Registry (Quantities ofand ITMO balances)cumulative), quantity of mitigation outcomes labelledITMOs)

Every two years (as part ofBiennial Transparency Report)

Carbon Market Infrastructure Framework – End-to-End Digital Ecosystem For Carbon Markets

Digital Methodology

Digitalization of Methodologies: smart contract toward the digitization of the
mitigation activity cycle

Physical Layer(MRV)

Database Layer(MRV)

Program Level MRV
Equipment
Sensors
MetersSatellite

Centralized
Database/
optionally to
National MRV
SystemIndependentStandards

Country registries

UNFCCC registries

D4C opensource
registries

Compliancereporting
Benchmarking
Due diligence

Tokenization
EngineForecasting

Transaction
Layer
Exchange A

Verification ofunits

Digital work-flow

Service
Layer

Ratings

Digital Carbon Assets

Facility Level MRV

Metadata
Layer

Registry
Layer

Project preparation from document development, approval, validation toregistration in applicable standards

Exchange B
Exchange X

Reporting formarkets, UNFCCC

Early Observations of Carbon Markets Infrastructure Implementation
Understanding technical and functional needs
Gaps and needs assessment: assess the technical and functional requirements for registry and/or MRV systems; process
management, accessibility and interoperability; data models and frequency, etc.

Best practices still to be established: Few lessons learned about development and deployment of registry and MRV systems

Assessment of capacity-building needsExpertise requirements: Assessing the technical skills and expertise required within theorganization for adopting registry and MRV systems



Infrastructure requirements: Conduct a comprehensive analysis of infrastructure
requirements for the readiness of operating registry and MRV systems

Assessment of regulatory and policy requirements


Review the regulatory, administrative, and institutional landscape related to registry andMRV systems. Assess the alignment of current policies with the goals registry and MRV
systems adoption and identify implementation actions, as well as barriers or gaps that mayhinder the transition

Assessment of implementation and deployment costs
Development Plans: Assess whether to develop a new system, strengthen the existing one,or add new functionalities.

Deployment & Maintenance Requirements: Determine the requirements for deployment
and maintenance.

Country requests on support on initial report• Prior work needed to support report preparation (authorization requirements,corresponding adjustments and methods etc)
• Level of details to be provided in the report and the timing• Relationship between different reporting requirements (BTR, regular report, annualreport, inventories etc)
• Support structures to be put in place (institutional, policy, legal)• How the infrastructure support the Bank provides can integrate these reports• Capacity building to developXxxxxx

Highlights - Carbon Market Infrastructure Knowledge BaseWebsites• Website: Climate Warehouse Program• Website: Digital for Climate (D4C) Working Group• Website: Climate Warehouse Library – Open Learning Campus (OLC)

Webinars:• Bonn SB58 Climate Change Conference (2023)• I4C: D4C: Building an End-To-End Digital Ecosystem for Carbon Markets (2023)• Asian Climate Summit- Building a Robust Data Infrastructure for CarbonMarkets: Launch of the Climate Action Data Trust 2022)• COP 27: Digital MRV for inclusive climate action 2022)• COP 27 - Enhancing integrity in carbon markets through the ClimateWarehouse End to End Digital Infrastructure (2022)• I4C Webinar: Climate Warehouse: End-to-End Digital Ecosystem for Carbon
Markets (2022)• CAD Workshop: A meta-data infrastructure to support transparency andintegrity of climate markets (2022)• Webinar: Climate Warehouse: A Meta-data Infrastructure to Support
Transparency and Integrity of Climate Markets (2022)

Blogs:o Blog Post: Why Data Infrastructure is Key for a Carbon Market (2023)
o Blog Post: Carbon Markets: Why Digitization Will Be Key to Success (2022)
o Blog Post: Lessons from creating mitigation outcomes(2021)

Reports:• Final Report: Climate Warehouse Simulation III (Report) (2022)• Summary Report: Simulation II – the Connecting Climate Market Systems (2022)• Summary Report: Simulation I – Connecting Climate Market Systems (2019)• Report: Digital Reporting, Monitoring and Verification Systems (2022)• Blockchain and Emerging Digital Technologies for Enhancing Post-2020 Climate Markets (2018)

Technical papers:• Test Scripts: Simulation III (2022)• Technical Guide for Testing: Simulation III (2022)• Data Model: Simulation III (2022)• Chia White Paper: Blockchain technology for the Climate Warehouse (2021)• Article 6 Approach Paper Serie (2020)

Videos:• Net Zero: The Integrity Pathway (2022)• I4C Webinar: Is Blockchain/DeFi the Future for Carbon Credits? (2022)• Climate Warehouse: Helping countries leverage climate markets and carbon pricing (2022)• Workshop: Building an enabling environment for operationalizing Article• Demo: Climate Warehouse Simulation II (2021)

6 (2021)• Webinar: Benchmarking A Global Price For Carbon. (2021)• Webinar: Emerging Digital Technologies for Post-2020 Climate Markets (2020)

Data visualization:• Tool: How do we ensure environmental integrity under the Paris Agreement?