Agreements made between two or more nations under the auspices of the Framework Convention on Climate Change to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
A mechanism that allows emission reduction and removal projects to be implemented in countries that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol. A JI project can only be located in an Annex I Party with an emissions limitation commitment under the Kyoto Protocol. JI projects earn ERUs for the emission reductions/removals achieved.
Industrialized countries can contribute to their greenhouse gas emission reductions targets by investing in emissions reduction projects in other industrialised (Annex-I) countries and receiving credits called Emission Reduction Units (ERUs). This is advantageous if mitigation costs are lower than those for national action. Joint Implementation (JI) is defined in Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol.
The Kyoto Protocol of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change establishes a mechanism whereby a developed country can receive "emissions reduction units" when it helps to finance projects that reduce net emissions in another developed country (including countries with economies in transition). (Source: UN Climate Change Secretariat, 1999a)
A market-based mechanism defined in Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol, which allows Annex I countries and their companies to invest jointly in emissions reduction projects and to share the credits - Emissions Reduction Units obtained from these reductions. The ERUs can then be traded or used to meet Kyoto obligations. Back up
A controversial concept whereby a developed country would receive some type of credit for emissions reductions it helps to finance in a developing country. Some aspects of this approach are being tested as Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ).
Possible agreements between Annex I Parties as defined in Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Some aspects of this approach are being tested as Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ).
the concept that, through the Framework Convention on Climate Change, a developed country is involved in emissions projects projects that result in a real, measurable and long-term reduction in net greenhouse gas emissions in a developing country. In its pilot phase, launched at the first COP in 1995, JI is called Activities Implemented Jointly (AIJ). The developed country cannot earn emissions credits during this pilot phase, which ends in 1999.
The Kyoto Protocol establishes a mechanism whereby a developed country can receive "emissions reduction units" when it helps to finance projects that reduce net emissions in another developed country (including countries with economies in transition). Some aspects of this approach are being tested as Activities Implemented Jointly (see AIJ).
An emission reduction project in one country that is financially supported by at least one other country. Prior to the Kyoto Protocol, joint implementation took the form of the current Clean Development Mechanism. Under Kyoto, joint implementation would operate between two or more developed countries.
Refers to a provision of the Framework Convention that would allow countries to pursue climate change mitigation projects outside their borders to achieve their own CO2 emissions reduction commitments. JI activities have the potential to dramatically reduce the overall cost of curbing emissions, since countries with limited or expensive mitigation options would be able to pursue more cost-effective opportunities elsewhere. See Activities Implemented Jointly.
Joint Implementation is a project-based mechanism developed under the Kyoto Protocol (KP), designed to assist Annex 1 countries in meeting their emission reduction targets through joint projects with other Annex 1 countries, meaning that JI projects can only be implemented between capped industrialised countries.
Agreements made between two or more nations under the auspices of the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) whereby a developed country can receive "emissions reduction units" when it helps to finance projects that reduce net emissions in another developed country (including countries with economies in transition).
An agreement between two nations in which they undertake an activity together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or increase a greenhouse gas sink. Typically, one is a developed nation listed in Annex I of the Convention, and the other is a developing country. The developed country pays for the developing country to take an action which reduces net emissions, and then claims all or part of the credit in its own greenhouse gas inventory.
Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol for an industrialized country to acquire emission reduction units (ERUs) when it helps finance projects that reduce emissions in another industrialized country.
One of the Kyoto Protocol's flexibility mechanisms. Ownership of emission reductions from specific projects can be transferred between two Annex I parties under certain conditions specified in the Protocol (specifically, the projects must lead to net reductions "additional to any that would otherwise occur" and "supplemental to domestic actions." ()
One of the three market mechanisms established by the Kyoto Protocol. Joint Implementation occurs when an Annex B country invests in an emissions reduction or sink enhancement project in another Annex B country to earn emission reduction units (ERUs).
The opportunity for countries or companies with projects in other countries which have signed the Kyoto Protocol to acquire Emission Reduction Units (ERUs) that can be offset against their own commitments.
Joint implementation (JI) is an arrangement under the Kyoto Protocol allowing industrialised countries with a greenhouse gas reduction commitment (so-called Annex 1 countries) to invest in emission reducing projects in another industrialised country as an alternative to emission reductions in their own countries. Countries with relatively high costs for emission reductions can reduce costs of complying with their Kyoto targets by using credits from JI projects, as costs of emission reductions are significantly lower in some countries.