A-F  G-L  M-R  S-Z   activities implemented jointly Term (French): activités exécutées conjointement Term (Spanish): actividades conjuntas Related term: clean development mechanism Source: UNFCCC Keyword Term definition: 1. Activities carried out under the Convention to mitigate climate change through partnerships between an investor from a developed country and a counterpart in a host country under a pilot phase that ended in the year 2000. The purpose was to involve private-sector money in the transfer of technology and know-how. See also Joint Implementation 2. The pilot phase for joint implementation, as defined in Article 4.2(a) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, that allows for project activity among developed countries (and their companies) and between developed and developing countries (and their companies). AIJ is intended to allow Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to gain experience in jointly implemented project activities. There is no crediting for AIJ activity during the pilot phase. A decision remains to be taken on the future of AIJ projects and how they may relate to the Kyoto Mechanisms. As a simple form of tradable permits, AIJ and other market-based schemes represent important potential mechanisms for stimulating additional resource flows for the global environmental good Notes: Definition 1 taken from the UNFCCC Glossary (http://unfccc.int) Definition 2 taken from Climate change 2001: mitigation. Contribution of Working Group III to the third assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Appendix II. Glossary. (http://www.grida.no/climate/ipcc_tar/wg3/454.htm) back to the list