Non-ETS Offsets
Non-ETS offsets in brief
Under the Kyoto Protocol, European Union (EU) Member States (except Malta and Cyprus) have been assigned with a national amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) that they can emit during the period 2008-2012.
Through the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS) part of these so-called assigned amounts have been further allocated to European installations in energy-intensive sectors. Slightly less than half of EU CO2 emissions are covered by the ETS.
The management of the remaining part of Member States’ assigned amount is generally carried out by governments through carbon/energy taxation, subsidies, voluntary agreements, green/ white certificates, etc. Target sectors/groups are, e.g., built environment, decentralised green energy production, and transport.
Thus far, activities within and outside the ETS have taken place separately, although the common aim is to reduce GHG emissions. One possibility to combine the two is through so-called Non-ETS Offset projects, which would reduce emissions of CO2-eq. in the non-ETS sectors and trade these as CO2 credits on the ETS market. This would enable installations covered by the ETS to purchase CO2 credits from a domestic offsets project and add these to the number of CO2 emission allowances that they must surrender to the European Commission by the end of each year.
Learn More...News on JIN Activities
Currently, JIN works on the following issues:
- The new JIQ issue of April 2012 is out..
- The new JIQ issue of January 2012 is out..
- The new JIQ issue of October 2011 is out..
- The new JIQ issue of July 2011 is out..
- The booklet on Domestic Offset experiences from the NEON event is out..
- The second NEON newsletter is out..
- JIN with NEON network organized a two-day event on Domestic Offsetson the 23-24 November in Groningen, the Netherlands.The presentations can be found here
- The first NEON newsletter on domestic offsets is out..
- The new JIQ issue of April 2011 is out!
- The preparation of behalf of the Energy Charter Secretariat of a report on "Market based mechanisms for energy efficiency"
- A policy statement of the Network of Non-ETS Offset Project (NEON) members on the concept of 'Domestic Offsets' as mechanisms of carbon abatement.
- The preparation of a first round of the Climatetechwiki portal, which is still under development, and which will be an open source information database on adaptation and mitigation technologies for the developing and industrialized countries in the framework of climate change
- The preparation of the Handbook for Conducting Technology Needs Assessment for Climate Change (together with Edinburgh University and Stockholm Environment Institute) for UNDP and UNFCCC
- The formulation of a network of interested parties in the EU on domestic offset projects and specific guidelines for such projects
- Participation in the International Energy Agency/ Demand Side Management Task XIX 'Micro demand response for energy saving' in the consortium of several countries.
- The study project on Non-ETS Offset projects for the Netherlands Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment, together with Arcadis. This study has combined the technology and climate challenge which results from the EU climate energy targets for 2020 by suggesting project opportunities in sectors not covered by the EU emissions trading scheme which both reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and support development of low-carbon technologies. link to the article)
NEON Network
JIN has formulated a network of interested parties for analyzing modalities of Non-ETS offset projects and disseminate national experiences. All publicly available information will be present in this webpage. The members of the Non-ETS offset network (NEON) are listed here..
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NEON network is publishing a quarterly newsletter for its members, where the current evolutions of Domestic Offset schemes are dealt with alongside with the research and implementation activities of the NEON network. Past Newsletters can be found here..