Understanding the most recent rules, standards and procedures, including those adopted at COP29 and how they impact the global carbon trading markets
There has been a significant step forward for the international carbon trading markets following COP29 in Baku in November 2024. A key outcome was approving the rules and procedures for Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement, providing much-needed clarity on the centralised framework for trading carbon emissions. Article 6.4 aims to ensure confidence in market tools and incentives to support global efforts to decarbonise and to support ambition.
However, the rules now need to be understood, aligned to existing national and international laws and put into practice by countries, businesses and negotiators.
Durham University has observer status for the yearly COPs and, in conjunction with research expertise, we are offering a two-day training course that will explain the governance, rules, participation requirements and the forms that must be filled in to register an Article 6.4 activity. This course will be of interest to practitioners, government agencies, and businesses that are interested in generating emission reductions under Article 6.4 activities. This can also include those who are interested in transferring Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) credits into the Crediting Mechanism.
The course is delivered across two days, online, via MS Teams. There will be close interaction with the experts teaching on the course, with dedicated learning and Q&A sessions. Relevant reading materials will be provided. A certificate will be awarded at the end of the course.
The next session will run on 8th and 9th September.
Government officials, businesses and negotiators are required to understand the carbon trading markets from a legal compliance and operational perspective.
Durham University Law School is world-leading in legal education and research. We have just been ranked 3rd in the Complete University Guide. 100% of our research impact was ranked as 3 or 4* in REF 2021. This indicates our research and academic excellence which has a profound effect on influencing and guiding national and international policy decisions and enabling legal practitioners and businesses to understand the implications of the Law.
This course will be delivered by the Just Transitions to a Net Zero World (JusTN0W) project team, a flagship interdisciplinary research initiative from Durham University.
Professor Petra Minnerop, Professor of International Law
Professor Petra Minnerop works at the intersection of law and science in the context of sustainability, climate change and environmental degradation. Her research addresses how the law can be used to effectuate change in light of scientific evidence, to address global environmental crises. She uses comparative legal analysis and interdisciplinary methods and has published widely on climate change, environmental law and policy and international law.
Petra is the Chair of the UN SDG Group of the University, with responsibility for the University's reporting on Sustainability (QS) and the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (THE Impact ranking) in the academic dimension. She leads the University's engagement with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). She currently also serves as the Deputy Executive Dean (Global) of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Health.
£550
Completion certificate: All participants who complete 80% of the course and submit an assignment receive an electronic Certificate of Attendance from Durham University, as well as the possibility of CPD points.
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For more information, please contact:
csdlp@durham.ac.uk
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