Paper Mitigation, Real Risk: Integrity in Article 6

​As Article 6 moves from rulemaking to implementation, countries are beginning to use internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs) toward their NDCs. Article 6 was designed to supplement domestic mitigation, not to substitute for it. Yet where credits lack additionality or are over-credited, and where accounting rules and safeguards remain weak, paper reductions can take the place of real ones in the acquiring country’s NDC. This also raises a question of fairness: acquiring countries secure low-cost compliance, while host countries give up their cheapest mitigation options. Korea, whose NDC relies on international mitigation, is an early test of how Article 6 is used in practice.

​This session, co-hosted by Plan 1.5 and Carbon Market Watch, will unpack this dilemma through presentations and a panel discussion, followed by a Q&A segment.

​Presentations

​Presentation 1: What does a country need to have in place to engage responsibly in Article 6?

​Juliette de Grandpré, New Climate Institute

​Presentation 2: Article 6 in practice — how ITMOs are used toward NDCs, a critical look at Korea’s NDC

​Sooyoun Han, Policy Activist, Plan 1.5

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​Panelists

​Federica Dossi, Expert on global carbon markets, Carbon Market Watch 
Lambert Schneider, Research Coordinator for International Climate Policy, Öko-Institut
Injy Johnstone, Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition and Founder at Article 6 Observatory

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​Moderator

​Hyewon Cho, Policy Activist, Plan 1.5