Capacity Building Landscape

Parties are a member of a median of seven carbon-market and capacity-building initiatives. All Parties analyzed are a member of at least two initiatives.

The findings suggest that most Parties have moderate engagement with carbon-market capacity building, while a few Parties are highly engaged. There are emerging opportunities for Parties to participate in initiatives as interest in international carbon markets grows.

Regional Landscape of Carbon-Market Capacity Building and Initiatives

Of the Parties analyzed, Parties in the Americas are a member of a median of 8.5 initiatives per Party. Asia demonstrates limited engagement, with a median of six initiatives per Party.

The findings suggest minor differences in engagement with/membership in capacity building initiatives across regions. All regions appear to be seeking or enabling support to implement international carbon markets. Coupled with the lack of in-place arrangements (see Ch. 2), there is evidently a greater need for meaningful capacity-building engagement in all regions. With the lowest median number of initiatives, Asia may have the greatest potential for additional capacity-building efforts to accelerate the implementation of international carbon markets.

Global Initiatives

Global initiatives provide support for a very wide range of Parties or all Parties and these include the Article 6 Capacity-Building Work Programme from the UNFCCC, the NDC Partnership, Regional Training provided by the UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Centres, and the UNDP Climate Promise. Participation in these global initiatives is not listed for specific Parties.

The most prominent implementing organization type is international organization/NGO at 29% (28 initiatives), followed closely by UN organizations at 28% (27 initiatives). 

Comparatively fewer initiatives were identified to be implemented by governments and regionally, suggesting that governments may designate the implementer role to other organizations, such as international organizations or NGOs.

It is estimated that at least 58 organizations are engaged with carbon-market development, collectively supporting at least 96 different carbon-market initiatives and capacity building activities across the 100 Parties.

As countries become more interested in accelerating implementation of Article 6, the findings suggest that there is a growing need for capacity-building support and efforts to meet demand. Fragmentation and duplication of capacity-building efforts may become an increasingly significant challenge facing cohesive and efficient capacity-building support as the number of initiatives grow. Resources such as the A6ISR aim to share information with key stakeholders to facilitate cohesive capacity building for international carbon markets. The A6IP Center Knowledge Hub serves as an additional one-stop digital platform to promote access to capacity-building materials, knowledge products, and relevant tools from a wide range of partner organizations to assist policymakers, practitioners, and all interested stakeholders with Article 6 implementation.

*A6IP Center has undertaken efforts to ensure the accuracy of the carbon-market initiatives and capacity-building information. Please note that this information is subject to change and there may be differences in activity/organization names and categorization due to variations in responses and information compilation. While Parties are members of or engaged with a median of seven initiatives, this does not necessarily indicate active engagement with each initiative listed. Actual participation may vary. Some information may be subject to interpretation. The classification of a programme as a “carbon-market initiative” and/or “capacity-building programme” is open to interpretation. A6IP does not claim to have captured all relevant initiatives in each country included in this analysis. Parties that submitted the survey may have more accurate and complete information.