Crediting Baselines

The report examines the development of baselines for scaled-up crediting programs under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, focusing on establishing reference levels for greenhouse gas emissions to quantify reductions while ensuring environmental integrity and avoiding double counting.

• Baselines for crediting programs are intended to represent the greenhouse gas emissions that would have occurred if the program did not exist, serving as a reference level to quantify generated GHG reductions over time.
• The development of baselines for international crediting mechanisms is expected to be informed by core principles, specifically the avoidance of double counting and the maintenance of environmental integrity.
• There is ongoing uncertainty regarding the optimal method for developing baselines, particularly concerning whether and how they should incorporate Nationally Determined Contributions.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2017). Crediting Baselines. https://www.sei.org/publications/crediting-baselines/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Crediting Baselines. 2017. https://www.sei.org/publications/crediting-baselines/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Crediting Baselines |date=1 November 2017 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/crediting-baselines/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2017crediting, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Crediting Baselines}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2017}, month = nov, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/crediting-baselines/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }