Regulating Carbon Markets Effectively

Driven by a combination of factors, new regulatory efforts spanning multiple fronts are increasingly being developed by governments globally, with a significant increase in the number of carbon credit mechanism related regulations. But policymakers do not have to start from scratch – there is a global landscape of carbon market standards, projects and intermediary services to learn from.

Drawing from over two decades as a leading crediting programme with projects in over 100 countries, Gold Standard has developed nine factsheets offering guidance and insights for policy makers considering national regulations. The resource has been designed to support policymakers considering government action related to carbon credits markets, and more specifically action that related to carbon crediting programmes and projects registered with these programmes.

The factsheets are focused primarily on areas where governments may choose to regulate or otherwise take action in relation to projects registered under carbon crediting programmes, including credit use cases and relationship to NDCs, dual certification, and using crediting programmes on the Article 6.2.

These factsheets were developed under the Enabling National Ownership in a High-Integrity Carbon Market programme supported by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of Germany (BMWK)