Background

The Article 6.4 mechanism Supervisory Body is seeking inputs regarding requirements for the development and assessment of mechanism methodologies. 

This work is being carried out in response to a request of the CMA (decision 3/CMA.3, paragraph 6(d)).

The Supervisory Body, at its sixth meeting, requested the secretariat to launch a call for public inputs with a view to seeking further input from stakeholders (see SB 006 meeting report, paragraph 19).

This structured public consultation is being conducted as per the request of the CMA (decision 7/CMA.4, paragraph 22), that requested the Supervisory Body to consider broader inputs from stakeholders provided in a structured public consultation process.

Open Call 

The public consultation process is open for a two-week period from 3 to 16 August 2023.

Submission Details  

Stakeholders are encouraged to provide input to the specific questions formulated in the draft recommendation (see A6.4-SB007-AA-A##), as highlighted in the recommendation text for ease of reference, and on the following aspects: 

• Addressing options laid out in the text for implementation of baseline, additionality and leakage assessment  requirements;
• Addressing pros and cons of the different options;
• Addressing the balance in the text between substantive guidance in the draft recommendation text and further guidance to be elaborated in the tools;
• Addressing clarity, structure and understanding of text, with proposals for improvement.

Please submit your input to the Supervisory Body via email at A6.4mechanism-info@unfccc.int.
In the email subject line, please use: Structured Public Consultation - development and assessment of mechanism methodologies.

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The call is now closed. Please contact the secretariat at A6.4mechanism-info@unfccc.int for any queries. The received inputs are publicly available in the table below and will be considered by the Supervisory Body.