State-of-play on the Article 6 of the Paris Agreement | Andrei Marcu

This is a podcast of the series “Spot on Climate” of the Climate area of the Florence School of Regulation. In this podcast, Research Associate Albert FERRARI discusses with Andrei MARCU, Founder and Executive Director of the European Roundtable on Climate Change and Sustainable Transition (ERCST). Andrei has been one of the corporate-sector pioneers in the area of climate change and carbon markets. ERCST leads an Informal Forum on Implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which brings together negotiators in an informal discussion to contribute towards arriving at a common understanding in view of achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement.

This episode focuses on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, through a discussion on these issues:
– The different ways in which the Parties to the Paris Agreement can engage in international cooperation under Article 6,
– The stumbling blocks of the negotiation process in view of reaching an agreement on the Paris Rulebook,
– The roles the UK and Italy could play in clearing the way for an agreement at the next COP26,
– The implications of Article 6 for the linking of Emissions Trading Systems.

Visit ERCST Library on Article 6 https://ercst.org/article-6-library-2/
Read the IETA, UMD and CPLC Report https://www.ieta.org/resources/International_WG/Article6/CLPC_A6report_nocrops.pdf, September 2019