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Steps for establishing carbon pricing

Steps which can be supported

Steps for establishing carbon pricing
Types of support

Types of jurisdictions:

  • Regional cooperation organizations

  • Individual Parties

  • Subnational jurisdictions, including cities

Types of instruments (to be determined based on needs, potential and evolving capabilities of host jurisdiction):

  • Carbon tax

  • Emission reduction funds

  • Emission trading systems

  • Hybrid systems

Scope of support

  • Capacity building for the development of carbon pricing and carbon market instruments

  • Support for national consultations to identify and validate the circumstances, needs, constraints and objectives of various groups of stakeholders involved

  • Funding of studies by a consultant for the consideration and development of carbon pricing approaches at the level of the jurisdiction

  • Technical support

  • Regional workshops in for sharing experience or engaging in regional cooperation on carbon pricing and carbon market instruments

Process
  1. Jurisdiction expresses interest to UN Climate Change initiative CI-ACA or one of its Regional Collaboration Centres;
  2. UN Climate Change reviews budget to determine available scope of support;
  3. The initiative sends to the jurisdiction the document “framework of support”;
  4. Jurisdiction completes and returns the document “framework of support” to the initiative focal persons;
  5. Together with the jurisdiction, CI-ACA conducts first national communication;
  6. Followed by validation of official framework of support, development of terms of reference;
  7. Jurisdiction and UN Climate Change enter into agreement for the support;
  8. Support to the jurisdiction can begin.
Supported Jurisdictions
  • Dominican Republic
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Senegal
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