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Guidelines for JI projects: Based on AIJ projects developed in Czech Republic, Poland and Romania (1999)
| Author | Climate Action Network |
| Date | October 1999 |
| Classification | 6.01.2.18/09 (NP & GREENHOUSE EFFECT - FLEXIBLE MECHANISMS CDM/JI/EMISSION TRADE) |
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1. Introduction What is JI? The concept of Joint Implementation (JI) was introduced at the first International Climate Conference in the Netherlands in 1989 and is included in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1992. Article 4.2 (a) of the Convention states that "Parties may implement such policies and measures on the mitigation of climate change jointly with other Parties ". The concept involves implementing project in countries where the marginal costs of greenhouse gas emission reduction are relatively low in comparison with the investor country. The host and investor countries involved can share the achieved emission reduction. In this way, the investor countries can attain their environmental objectives at a lower price and in return the host country receives a more efficient and environmental friendly technology. Countries that have ratified the Climate Convention met at the First Conference of Parties (CoP 1, Berlin, March 1995). It was decided to launch a pilot phase that would last until the year 2000. During this period, it would be possible to gain experience with Joint Implementation projects between Annex 1 countries (OECD countries and Central and Eastern Europe) and between Annex 1 and non-Annex 1 countries (developing counties), on a voluntary basis.
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