INECE's Work on Climate Compliance

INECE’s efforts on the topic of climate compliance focus on strengthening compliance with existing and emerging requirements that restrict emissions that contribute to climate change and that protect carbon sinks and reservoirs, including forests and soils.

These include requirements that directly control emissions, such as the European Emissions Trading Scheme, as well as requirements related to reducing particulate emissions (black carbon), controlling ozone depleting substances, and assuring energy efficiency.

INECE monitors and analyzes instances of non-compliance in the carbon markets and evaluates how those actions affect the market's environmental and financial integrity.

Forest destruction is another major driver of climate change, contributing up to 20% of
emissions. INECE work includes raising awareness to measures to control illegal logging and promoting compliance with such measures.

Improving compliance with existing multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) can enhance climate co-benefits. These include MEAs addressing shipping, regional air pollution, and protection of the stratospheric ozone layer.

INECE resources, including its work on indicators and its Principles of Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Handbook, support policymakers around the world in designing effective climate-related requirements, monitoring compliance, conducting enforcement response.

To learn more about INECE's work on climate compliance, email the INECE Secretariat at inece@inece.org.

Key Workshops & Publications

INECE's workshops and publications support practitioners working in the field of climate compliance. A selection of these are listed below:

• INECE at the Cancun Climate Conference
  On 7 Dec. 2010, INECE will host a side event on Networks to Assure Compliance with Ecosystem Climate Protection Policies and Measures during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 16). Contact inece@inece.org for details.
  
  
• INECE Special Report on Climate Compliance, released at the Copenhagen COP, December 2009.
  
  
• Carbon Market Non-Compliance, a matrix with international examples of recent non-compliance and actions taken in response.
  
  
• Pew Climate Glossary for Practitioners (External Resource)
  
  
• Confidence Through Compliance in Emissions Trading Workshop Proceedings and Presentations
  
  
• INECE Targets Compliance with Laws Controlling Black Carbon
  
  
• The U.S. Lacey Act Will Help Protect Forests Worldwide
  
  
• Transforming the Global Wood Trade to Support REDD and Fight Illegal Logging
  
  
• Wangari Maathai: It's Time to Toughen Enforcement and Compliance with Climate Change Treaty, Other Environmental Laws