12 November 2026 | 15:45-16:45 (Antalya time)
Asia Climate Solutions (ACS), COP31 Blue Zone (in-person only)
As Article 6 moves from rulemaking to implementation, countries are beginning to use internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs) toward their Nationally Determined Contributions (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.
Join us at COP31 for a session focusing on the safeguards and national frameworks necessary to ensure that Article 6 carbon credits don’t end up as paper mitigation only.
Programme
Presentation 1 — Safeguards and integrity under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: Juliette de Grandpré, NewClimate Institute
Presentation 2 — Assessing Korea’s international mitigation policy under its NDC against the Paris Agreement: Sooyeon Han, Plan 1.5
Panel discussion
- Moderator: Hyewon Cho, Plan 1.5
- Dr. Lambert Schneider, Öko-Institut
- Federica Dossi, Carbon Market Watch
- Injy Johnstone, Article 6 Observatory
Session Time: 1 hour
Host: Plan 1.5 & Carbon Market Watch(CMW)
