碳信用額怎樣才算優(yōu)質(zhì)？ICVCM發(fā)布全球高誠信碳信用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

ICVCM 發(fā)布

 

全球高誠信碳信用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)

 

7 月 28 日，自愿碳市場的管理機(jī)構(gòu)——自愿碳市場誠信委員會(huì)（Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market , ICVCM）發(fā)布了全球適用的高誠信碳信用基準(zhǔn)，旨在提高各主體利用碳抵消來實(shí)現(xiàn)氣候目標(biāo)過程中的透明度。

ICVCM表示，經(jīng)批準(zhǔn)的優(yōu)質(zhì)碳信用將在今年年底前提供給買家。

 

企業(yè)正越來越多地利用碳信用抵消其氣候影響，而這項(xiàng)新基準(zhǔn)的推出將使優(yōu)質(zhì)碳信用的定義更加清晰。

 

今年，在一些媒體報(bào)道質(zhì)疑碳抵消項(xiàng)目對(duì)于減排的有效性之后，價(jià)值 20 億美元的全球自愿碳市場面臨著重大的聲譽(yù)問題。碳價(jià)因此暴跌，一些觀察家質(zhì)疑自愿碳市場是否還有未來。

 

通過與科學(xué)家和碳核證專家進(jìn)行咨詢溝通，自愿碳市場誠信委員會(huì)制定了評(píng)估碳信用是否符合高誠信核心碳原則（CCPs）的框架。

 

現(xiàn)在，碳核證項(xiàng)目可以通過ICVCM的門戶網(wǎng)站申請?zhí)峤环?CCPs的證明材料。一旦被核準(zhǔn)符合 CCP，項(xiàng)目將可以在 CCP 認(rèn)證的信用類別上使用 CCP 標(biāo)簽。

 

ICVCM還將成立利益相關(guān)者工作組，根據(jù) CCP 標(biāo)準(zhǔn)評(píng)估不同類別的碳信用額度和相關(guān)計(jì)入方法，并推薦符合閾值的碳信用額度。

 

ICVCM旨在及時(shí)公布首批符合 CCP 要求的項(xiàng)目和 CCP 批準(zhǔn)的信用類別，以便在今年年底前向買家提供貼有 CCP 標(biāo)簽的信用額度，但具體日期尚未確定。

 

總部位于瑞士的非營利組織國際排放交易協(xié)會(huì)（International Emissions Trading Association）首席執(zhí)行官兼總裁Dirk Forrister表示：“該基準(zhǔn)的推出是確定全球高誠信碳信用標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的重要一步，將有助于全球加快向《巴黎協(xié)定》 1.5°C 目標(biāo)的公正轉(zhuǎn)型。”

 

他說：“為優(yōu)質(zhì)碳信用額度確定一個(gè)全球基準(zhǔn)將提高自愿碳市場和應(yīng)對(duì)氣候變化行動(dòng)的雄心壯志。”

 

碳補(bǔ)償認(rèn)證機(jī)構(gòu)“黃金標(biāo)準(zhǔn)”（Gold Standard）表示，將更新其規(guī)則，與ICVCM的碳信用基準(zhǔn)保持一致。

 

碳數(shù)據(jù)提供商 Sylvera 的總裁兼聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人Samuel Gill說：“歸根結(jié)底，大多數(shù)碳市場參與者希望最大限度地發(fā)揮影響，設(shè)定誠信信用的閾值對(duì)為項(xiàng)目提供資金的開發(fā)商和尋求高質(zhì)量投資的買家來說是個(gè)福音。”

 

聯(lián)合國氣候談判在全球碳市場關(guān)鍵原則上進(jìn)展緩慢，今年6月波恩會(huì)議上也沒有突破，之后，激活和擴(kuò)大高誠信自愿碳市場可能成為年底舉辦的COP28上的優(yōu)先事項(xiàng)之一。

 

英文原文

 

A new benchmark has launched to bring more clarity to the definition of a high-quality carbon credit, which companies are increasingly using to offset their climate impact. 

 

 

 

On Thursday (28 July), the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM), a governance body for the voluntary carbon market, released a global benchmark for high-integrity carbon credits, with the aim of bringing more transparency to how carbon offsetting contributes to global climate goals. 

 

 

 

The US$2 billion voluntary carbon market has faced major reputational issues this year following media reports that questioned the effectiveness of carbon projects at removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. The price of carbon has tumbled as a result, prompting some observers to question whether the voluntary carbon market has a viable future.

 

 

 

The framework that ICVCM will use to assess whether carbon credits meet its high-integrity Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) was developed through consultations with scientific and carbon-crediting experts. 

 

 

 

Carbon-crediting programmes can now apply for assessment by submitting evidence to prove that they meet the CCPs through the ICVCM’s application portal. Once approved as CCP-eligible, programmes will be able to use the CCP label on CCP-approved credit categories.

 

 

 

The ICVCM is also setting up multi-stakeholder working groups to evaluate different categories of carbon credits and associated crediting methodologies against the CCP criteria and recommend those which meet its threshold.

 

 

 

It plans to announce the first CCP-eligible programmes and CCP-approved credit categories in time for CCP-labelled credits to be available to buyers by the end of the year, although no specific date has been given.

 

 

 

“The launch of the benchmark is an important step towards defining a global threshold for high integrity carbon credits that will help to accelerate a just transition towards the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal,” said Dirk Forrister, chief executive and president of Switzerland-headquartered non-profit International Emissions Trading Association. 

 

 

 

“Defining a global benchmark for quality carbon credits will help ratchet up ambition in the voluntary carbon market and combat climate change,” he suggested.

 

 

 

Carbon offset certifier Gold Standard said that it will be updating its rules to align with the benchmark. 

 

 

 

“When it comes down to it, most carbon market participants want to maximise impact and setting a threshold for credit integrity should be a boon to developers funding projects and for buyers seeking high-quality investments,” said Samuel Gill, president and co-founder of carbon data provider Sylvera. 

 

 

 

The activation and scaling of high-integrity voluntary carbon markets could become a priority at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28) in November, after the Bonn climate talks in June made slow progress on key carbon market principles.