Carbon Market Watch recommendations for APA Items 3, 5 and 6 as they relate to bunkers targets outside of the scope of NDCs

Carbon Market Watch argues for the integration of international aviation and shipping emissions into the Paris Agreement's transparency and review mechanisms. The organization recommends that NDCs include a specific section for contributions outside their scope and that states make corresponding adjustments to national inventories when emission reductions are used for international targets like CORSIA. Furthermore, it calls for the inclusion of bunker fuel burn and offset data in the global stocktake and the transparency framework to ensure environmental integrity and avoid double counting.

• To prevent the double counting of mitigation activities, Carbon Market Watch recommends that NDCs include a dedicated section titled 'contribution to targets outside the scope of NDCs' and that the facilitative dialogue explicitly address the climate efforts of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Maritime Organization (IMO).
• The document asserts that states must implement corresponding adjustments to their national inventories when emission reductions in a host country are used for other international climate targets, specifically citing the risk that CORSIA participants might use offset credits that have already been counted toward Paris goals.
• Carbon Market Watch proposes that the transparency framework be expanded to include information on bunker fuel burn and that national communications, biennial reports, and biennial update reports reflect offset contributions to ICAO to ensure that sold units do not negatively impact a state's progress toward its NDC.
• The global stocktake should incorporate the impacts and actions of the aviation and shipping sectors, utilizing data on fuel burn and CORSIA offsets, as well as reports from the ICAO Environmental and 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 bunkers targets outside of the scope of NDCs. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CMW_ReccsBunkersAPA1-3_2017.pdf

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Carbon Market Watch recommendations for APA Items 3, 5 and 6 as they relate to bunkers targets outside of the scope of NDCs. 2017. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CMW_ReccsBunkersAPA1-3_2017.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 bunkers targets outside of the scope of NDCs}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2017}, month = may, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CMW_ReccsBunkersAPA1-3_2017.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }