Sustainable Development Initiative on the Implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC process

With the Glasgow Climate Pact adopted at COP26, the Article 6 component of the Paris Agreement rulebook – a long-time outstanding hurdle – was finally finished. For the Sustainable Development Initiative (SDI) the sustainable development provisions in the Article 6 decisions marked the successful conclusion of six years’ focus on the negotiations. SDI position papers and observer submissions to promote […]

Six policy briefs have been released by the Sustainable Development Initiative on the Implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement under the UNFCCC process to provide a summary of a series of six moderated roundtable discussions to analyse stakeholder views on the options to operationalise sustainable development provisions in the implementation of Article 6 within the UNFCCC process. Each […]

This report is intended for Article 6 negotiators and experts involved in carbon markets. It aims to provide insights to assist in selecting suitable sustainable development impact assessment tools and approaches and to inform negotiations on the benefits of introducing a work programme to develop tools to measure and monitor the contributions of Article 6 activities to sustainable development. This […]

The architecture of global carbon markets has changed significantly since the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals were both agreed in 2015. Voluntary, international cooperative approaches established in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement allow Parties to work together to achieve the targets set out in their respective Nationally Determined Contributions to limit global warming to […]

The Paris Agreement (PA) emphasizes the intrinsic relationship between climate change and sustainable development (SD) and welcomes the 2030 agenda for the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet, there is a lack of assessment approaches to ensure that climate and development goals are achieved in an integrated fashion and trade-offs avoided. Article 6.4 of the PA introduces a new Sustainable […]