This document summarizes discussions from the Climate Change Expert Group meeting in October 2019. The group discussed challenges around accounting for emissions reductions under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, including how to determine whether reductions occur inside or outside of countries' Nationally Determined Contributions. Specifically, members saw a need to better define key terms like "beyond", "additional", and conditional/unconditional targets. They also acknowledged challenges in relating individual climate activities to whether they are captured by NDCs. The experts explored potential solutions to address different country interpretations and mitigate risks to environmental integrity from improper accounting.

1. Climate Change Expert Group www.oecd.org/env/cc/ccxg.htm
Climate Change Expert Group (CCXG)
Global Forum on the Environment and
Climate Change
1 & 2 October 2019
IEA Headquarters, 9 rue de la Fédération, Paris
BG B – Part III: Article 6 – Accounting and
environmental integrity (inside/outside of NDC scope)

2. 2 Climate Change Expert Group
Article 6 – Accounting and
environmental integrity, Part III
1. Need to unpack certain elements to enhance
understanding of NDCs (e.g. notion of beyond, additional,
outside, conditional / unconditional).
2. Complexity of how to relate individual activities to whether
they are “outside” or “inside” an NDC.
3. Explore possible solutions to bridge different
understandings on the above issues, including how to
mitigate env. integrity risks and perverse incentives.
Breakout Group B