Research 

on

Joint Implementation 

and the 

Clean Development Mechanism

at the

Centre for Environmental Strategy, 
University of Surrey

For further information, or to obtain paper copies of any of the publications, 
please contact Katie Begg or Stuart Parkinson

New Book!
'Flexibility in Climate Policy: 
Making the Kyoto Mechanisms Work' 
edited by 
Tim Jackson, Katie Begg and Stuart Parkinson. 
It can be ordered from Earthscan, 
ISBN 1 85383 706 7. 

The concept of "Joint Implementation" (JI) has now been incorporated into several key international environmental conventions, most prominently the Kyoto Protocol (KP) to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). In brief, JI is where a ‘donor’ country invests in pollution abatement measures in a ‘host’ country in return for ‘credits’ which it may use in meeting its own pollution abatement targets.

Under the FCCC, a pilot phase, known as ‘Activities Implemented Jointly’ (AIJ), began in 1995. No credits have been awarded during this phase. The Kyoto Protocol, agreed in December 1997, set up two types of JI mechanisms: Article 6 JI (now commonly known as just JI) between countries with greenhouse gas emissions targets; and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), where hosts do not have emissions targets.

At the Centre for Environmental Strategy, a research team has been investigating these issues in the following studies:

List of Publications

Main Reports
General Issues
Emissions Reductions Accounting and Baselines
Crediting
Environmental and Social Impacts
Cost-effectiveness
Clean Development Mechanism
JI and Sulphur Emissions
Other

Research Staff

Dr Katie Begg
Dr Stuart Parkinson
Prof Tim Jackson
Dr Yacob Mulugetta

JI related links

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Last update: 01/03/01