The Nuts and Bolts of Baseline Setting : Why, What and How?

This document provides an overview of baseline setting for greenhouse gas (GHG) crediting mechanisms. The first section briefly explains the general purpose and objectives of setting a crediting mechanism baseline. The second section summarizes key...

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Main Author:	Partnership for Market Readiness
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE EMISSION ALLOWANCE ALLOWANCES ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION APPROACH AVAILABILITY BALANCE BASELINE EMISSION BASELINE EMISSIONS BASELINE METHODOLOGIES BASELINE METHODOLOGY BASELINE PROJECTIONS BOILERS CAPITAL COSTS CAPS CARBON CARBON FINANCE CARBON OFFSET CARBON OFFSETS CEMENT CEMENT PLANT CHOICE OF EMISSION FACTORS CLEAN DEVELOPMENT CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM CLIMATE CLIMATE ACTION CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATIC CONDITIONS CO2 COAL COMBUSTION COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY COMBUSTION FOR ELECTRICITY CYCLE POWER DEGRADED LAND DOMESTIC EMISSIONS DOMESTIC EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEMS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MODEL EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ELECTRIC POWER ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR ELECTRICITY ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRICITY GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES ELECTRICITY PRICES ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION ELECTRICITY SECTOR ELECTRICITY SYSTEM EMISSION EMISSION FACTOR EMISSION FACTORS EMISSION LEVELS EMISSION RATE EMISSION RATES EMISSION REDUCTIONS EMISSION SOURCES EMISSION TRADING EMISSION TRENDS EMISSIONS DATA EMISSIONS ESTIMATES EMISSIONS FROM CEMENT PRODUCTION EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION EMISSIONS FROM SOURCES EMISSIONS OBLIGATIONS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS END-USE ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY POLICY ENERGY PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY EQUIVALENT EMISSION REDUCTIONS EQUIVALENT REDUCTIONS FEASIBILITY FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOREST FOREST TYPE FOREST TYPES FORESTRY FUEL FUEL PRICE FUEL PRICES FUEL TYPE FUELS GHG GHGS GLOBAL EMISSIONS GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION GRID EMISSION FACTOR INCENTIVES FOR INVESTMENT INDUSTRIAL BOILER INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY INVESTMENT DECISIONS LAND USE LAND-USE CHANGE LANDFILL LANDFILL METHANE LANDFILL METHANE EMISSIONS MARKET PENETRATION MITIGATION ACTIONS N2O NATIONAL GRID NATURAL GAS NATURAL GAS POWER NATURAL GAS POWER PLANTS NATURAL-GAS NET EMISSIONS NET EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS NEW PLANTS NITRIC ACID OZONE OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES PEAK DEMAND PERFORMANCE STANDARD PERFORMANCE STANDARDS POWER GENERATION POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER SECTOR PP PRODUCTION OF ENERGY RAINFALL RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS RENEWABLE POWER RESERVOIRS SEQUESTRATION ACTIVITIES TOTAL EMISSIONS TRADABLE CREDITS UNCERTAINTIES WASTE WASTE MANAGEMENT PMR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/24193197/nuts-bolts-baseline-setting http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21829