This document responds to a request by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice for a technical paper on how approaches, including those developed or being developed by Parties, individually or jointly, the existing mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol and other relevant approaches, may: meet standards that are comparable to
standards under the UNFCCC; meet the standards referred to in decision 2/CP.17, paragraph 79, and decision 1/CP.18, paragraph 42; enable the accounting, at the international level, of mitigation outcomes; allow for participation, including through possible eligibility criteria; provide co-benefits; have effective institutional arrangements and governance; and relate to international agreements. The document concludes with possible implications for the work programme to elaborate a framework for various approaches