Annual report of the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee to the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol.
This report covers the work of the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee (JISC) during the period from 28 September 2012 to 24 September 2013. It highlights the achievements of and the challenges faced by the JISC in its supervision of the joint implementation (JI) mechanism. In particular, it reports on the work of the JISC in response to the request made by the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP) at its eighth session. The report contains a number of recommendations for actions to be undertaken by the CMP in the context of the review of the Guidelines for the implementation of Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol”, as well as recommendations to ensure that JI remains a viable and effective tool for international collaboration for developed country Parties and the private sector in mitigating their greenhouse gas emissions. Lastly, it reports on the status of the financial resources for the work on JI