A Guide to Greenhouse Gas Benchmarking for Climate Policy Instruments

The past year has seen a significant increase in global momentum for climate action. As of April 2017, one hundred thirty-seven Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have already submitted their first nationa...

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Main Author:	Partnership for Market Readiness
Format:	Technical Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	CLIMATE CHANGE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CARBON POLICY BENCHMARKS STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT MONITORING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/286001496346718729/A-guide-to-greenhouse-gas-benchmarking-for-climate-policy-instruments http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26848

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spelling	okr-10986-268482021-05-25T09:00:32Z A Guide to Greenhouse Gas Benchmarking for Climate Policy Instruments Partnership for Market Readiness CLIMATE CHANGE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS CARBON POLICY BENCHMARKS STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT MONITORING The past year has seen a significant increase in global momentum for climate action. As of April 2017, one hundred thirty-seven Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have already submitted their first nationally determined contributions (NDCs) as part of their commitments to the Paris Climate Agreement. Climate policy instruments are increasingly being used or considered by countries to contribute to mitigation commitments. Benchmarks have been used in climate policy instruments to set targets and thresholds for environmental performance, and to determine the distribution of instrument benefits and obligations. Jurisdictions with mature ETSs, such as the European Union, New Zealand, Tokyo, and California, have been using benchmarks for allocation of emissions allowances in many or all of the sectors that are covered. In recent years, countries developing ETSs have also been exploring the use of benchmarks. This "Guide to Greenhouse Gas Benchmarking for Climate Policy Instruments" is intended to provide policymakers with structured guidance on the development of benchmarks and draws on over a decade of global experiences in benchmark development, covering practices in 16 jurisdictions that are already using or are in the process of developing a benchmarking approach. 2017-06-02T18:20:24Z 2017-06-02T18:20:24Z 2017-04 Technical Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/286001496346718729/A-guide-to-greenhouse-gas-benchmarking-for-climate-policy-instruments http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26848 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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description	The past year has seen a significant increase in global momentum for climate action. As of April 2017, one hundred thirty-seven Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have already submitted their first nationally determined contributions (NDCs) as part of their commitments to the Paris Climate Agreement. Climate policy instruments are increasingly being used or considered by countries to contribute to mitigation commitments. Benchmarks have been used in climate policy instruments to set targets and thresholds for environmental performance, and to determine the distribution of instrument benefits and obligations. Jurisdictions with mature ETSs, such as the European Union, New Zealand, Tokyo, and California, have been using benchmarks for allocation of emissions allowances in many or all of the sectors that are covered. In recent years, countries developing ETSs have also been exploring the use of benchmarks. This "Guide to Greenhouse Gas Benchmarking for Climate Policy Instruments" is intended to provide policymakers with structured guidance on the development of benchmarks and draws on over a decade of global experiences in benchmark development, covering practices in 16 jurisdictions that are already using or are in the process of developing a benchmarking approach.
format	Technical Paper
author	Partnership for Market Readiness
author_facet	Partnership for Market Readiness
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title	A Guide to Greenhouse Gas Benchmarking for Climate Policy Instruments
title_short	A Guide to Greenhouse Gas Benchmarking for Climate Policy Instruments
title_full	A Guide to Greenhouse Gas Benchmarking for Climate Policy Instruments
title_fullStr	A Guide to Greenhouse Gas Benchmarking for Climate Policy Instruments
title_full_unstemmed	A Guide to Greenhouse Gas Benchmarking for Climate Policy Instruments
title_sort	guide to greenhouse gas benchmarking for climate policy instruments
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/286001496346718729/A-guide-to-greenhouse-gas-benchmarking-for-climate-policy-instruments http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26848
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