Carbon Market Watch recommendations for APA Items 3, 5 and 6 as they relate to international transport emissions

Carbon Market Watch argues that international aviation and shipping emissions (bunkers emissions) must be accurately tracked within the Paris Agreement framework to prevent double counting of emission reductions. The organization recommends that Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) include a specific section for contributions outside their scope and that the UNFCCC formally cooperate with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) regarding the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). Furthermore, it proposes that the global stocktake incorporate data from ICAO and International Maritime Organization (IMO) reports to assess collective progress toward long-term temperature goals.

• To prevent the double counting of emission reductions, Carbon Market Watch recommends that NDCs include a dedicated section for "contribution to targets outside the scope of NDCs," allowing for the accurate tracking of state mitigation activities that occur outside national targets.
• The Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) creates a risk where UNFCCC units are transferred to a market outside of NDCs; without formal cooperation between the UNFCCC and ICAO and corresponding adjustments to national inventories, this could undermine the Paris Agreement's no double counting principle.
• The transparency framework should require countries to report on offsets sold for CORSIA use and specify how double counting with their NDCs was avoided, integrating this data into national communications and biennial reports.
• The global stocktake cannot accurately assess progress toward the 1.5°C goal without including all anthropogenic emissions, meaning it must incorporate fuel burn and offset data from the aviation and shipping sectors, utilizing reports from the ICAO and the IMO Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC).

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2017). Carbon Market Watch recommendations for APA Items 3, 5 and 6 as they relate to international transport emissions. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/CMW-Reccs-Intl-Transport-COP23-2017-1.pdf

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Carbon Market Watch recommendations for APA Items 3, 5 and 6 as they relate to international transport emissions. 2017. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/CMW-Reccs-Intl-Transport-COP23-2017-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatch2017carbon, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Carbon Market Watch recommendations for APA Items 3, 5 and 6 as they relate to international transport emissions}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2017}, month = nov, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/CMW-Reccs-Intl-Transport-COP23-2017-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }