Guide to Domestic Carbon Crediting Mechanisms

This guide provides a primer for local, regional, and national policymakers on designing domestic carbon crediting mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or increase carbon dioxide removals, focusing on design options and policy trade-offs.

• The guide serves as a primer for policymakers at local, regional, and national levels to assist them in deciding if and how to implement carbon crediting mechanisms within their jurisdictions.
• Carbon crediting is defined as a framework used to recognize activities that either increase the removal of carbon dioxide or reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.
• The document focuses on the design of domestic carbon crediting mechanisms, offering insights into decision points, policy design options, and recommendations based on existing practices to help policymakers achieve specific domestic objectives and navigate trade-offs.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2021). Guide to Domestic Carbon Crediting Mechanisms. https://www.sei.org/publications/guide-domestic-carbon-crediting-mechanisms/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Guide to Domestic Carbon Crediting Mechanisms. 2021. https://www.sei.org/publications/guide-domestic-carbon-crediting-mechanisms/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2021guide, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Guide to Domestic Carbon Crediting Mechanisms}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2021}, month = mar, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/guide-domestic-carbon-crediting-mechanisms/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }