Carbon Offset Standards and Programs

Technical Note(s), Event Material(s) and PMR Secretariat Update(s)

Technical Note(s)

•  Technical Note 6: Overview of Carbon Offset Programs: Similarities and Differences 

Event Material(s)

• Materials from South-South Exchange on Development of Offset Schemes - Mexico City, Mexico (March 2, 2014)

PMR Secretariat Update(s)

•  South-South Exchange on Domestic Offset Schemes: International Experience with Offset Programme - Options for Discussion (March 2014)
•  Summary of Feedback to Define the PMR Offset Working Group Scope of Work (March 2014)
•  Update on Offset Work (October 2013)
• PMR Offset Working Group 

Case Studies and Country Experience

China

Briefings from South-South Exchange on Developing Domestic Offset Schemes (March 2014)

•  China: Domestic Offset Scheme

Costa Rica

Briefings from South-South Exhange on Developing Domesic Offset Schemes (March 2014)

•  Costa Rica: The Carbon Market (MCCR)

Mexico

Briefings from South-South Exchange on Developing Domestic Offset Schemes (March 2014)

•  Mexico: Towards a Climate Market

South Africa

Briefings from South-South Exchange on Developing Domesic Offset Schemes (March 2014)

•  South Africa: Broad Overview on Domestic Offset Potential

California

Briefings from South-South Exchange on Developing Domestic Offset Schemes (March 2014)

•  California: Compliance Offset Program

Québec

Briefings from South-South Exchange on Developing Domestic Offset Schemes (March 2014)

•  Québec: Offset System

Case Studies

•  IETA, Greenhouse Gas Market 2012: New Markets, New Mechanisms, New Opportunities, 2012 

Link(s) to General Resources