Towards net zero: making baselines for international carbon markets dynamic by applying ‘ambition coefficients’
| Autor: | Axel Michaelowa, Katharina Michaelowa, Lukas Hermwille, Aglaja Espelage |
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| Přispěvatelé: | University of Zurich, Michaelowa, Axel |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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Atmospheric Science
Global and Planetary Change Monitoring Policy and Law 2306 Global and Planetary Change 2301 Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Management Monitoring Policy and Law Environmental Science (miscellaneous) Management 2308 Management Monitoring Policy and Law ddc:320 320 Political science 1902 Atmospheric Science 10113 Institute of Political Science |
| DOI: | 10.5167/uzh-229765 |
| Popis: | This paper discusses options to increase mitigation ambition in crediting mechanisms that serve the Paris Agreement (PA), such as the Article 6.4 mechanism. Under the Clean Development Mechanism and other crediting mechanisms, baselines have been specified in the form of greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity factors and linked to business-as-usual developments. This means that with increasing production of goods and services through carbon market activities, absolute emissions may increase or fall only slowly. At a global level, such an approach widens the "emissions gap". To enable continued use of emissions intensity baselines in crediting mechanisms while being in line with the PA’s goal to pursue efforts to limit temperature rise to 1.5˚C, we propose to apply an "ambition coefficient" to emissions intensities of technologies when establishing the baseline. This coefficient would decrease to reflect increasing ambition over time, and reach zero when a country needs to reach net zero emissions. Due to the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, the coefficient would fall more quickly for developed than for developing countries. The latter would be able to generate emission reduction credits well beyond 2050, while for the former, crediting would stop around 2035 or before. An ambition coefficient approach would generate certainty for carbon market investors and preserve trust in international carbon markets that operate in line with the agreed, long-term ambition of the international climate regime. |
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