Description: Das Projekt "Joint implementation: accounting and accreditation of joint implementation projects under the framework convention on climate change and the Oslo protocol" wird vom Umweltbundesamt gefördert und von Energieverwertungsagentur durchgeführt. Objective: To examine the 'joint implementation' of technical measures undertaken by European countries to abate the emissions of greenhouse gases and sulphur dioxide; to analyse issues related to accounting for emission reductions and costs and to assigning credit for emission reductions between countries. General Information/Objectives: To examine the 'joint implementation' of technical measures undertaken by European countries to abate the emission of greenhouse gases and sulphur dioxide; to analyse issues related to accounting for emission reductions and costs and to assigning credit for emission reductions between countries. DESCRIPTION: The concept of 'joint implementation' -or 'actions implemented jointly'- has now entered the language of several key international environmental conventions, including the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) and the Oslo Protocol on sulphur emissions. In brief, the language of these conventions allows that two or more parties may meet jointly their individual commitments to emission reductions under the Convention. Beyond this statement of intent, there is as yet no clear indication of how joint implementation is to operate. Critical questions remain about the appropriate means of accounting for emission reductions, and assigning credit for the emissions reductions to collaborating parties. This project gathers information relating to 'pilot phase' joint implementation projects under the FCCC and the Oslo Protocol, with particular focus on collaborations between Northern and Eastern European partners. It carries out broad-based economic and technical analyses of these projects, examining questions of economic efficiency, environmental effectiveness, distributional impacts and institutional feasibility. It examines, in particular, the methodological difficulties of accounting for emission reductions against a counterfactual baseline, and the complexities associated with assigning credit to the 'donor' for emission reductions implemented by the 'host' nation. The use and relevance of integrated assessment models in addressing these questions is examined. The project reports on the findings of these analyses within the time-frame of joint implementation 'pilot phases' in the FCCC, thereby informing national and European Union policy at a critical stage of international negotiations. Prime Contractor: University of Surrey, School for Engineering in the Environment; Guildford; UK.
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SupportProgram
Origin: /Bund/UBA/UFORDAT
Tags: Oslo ? Treibhausgasemission ? Emissionsquelle ? Kostenrechnung ? Schwefeldioxid ? Stellungnahme ? Luftverschmutzung ? Klimarahmenkonvention ? Joint Implementation ? Europäische Union ? Emissionsreduktionsverpflichtung ? Bewertungsverfahren ? Emission ? Emissionsberechnung ? Emissionsminderung ? Internationales Übereinkommen ? Umwelttechnik ? Wirtschaftlichkeit ? Schule ? Europa ? Ökoeffizienz ? Pilotprojekt ? Treibhausgas ? Technische Aspekte ? Grenzwerteinhaltung ? Gemeinsame Umsetzung [Rio-Konferenz] ? Handlungsbeteiligter ? Handlungsorientierung ? Nachweisbarkeit ? Politische Durchsetzbarkeit ? Vertrauensschutz ?
License: cc-by-nc-nd/4.0
Language: Deutsch
Time ranges: 1996-06-01 - 1998-11-30
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