Modernización del mercado, transparencia y supervisión

Los CIWP impulsan la innovación digital, la transparencia y la confianza en el mercado voluntario de carbono

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A medida que evolucionan los mercados del carbono, también lo hace su infraestructura física y tecnológica, con nuevas tecnologías y enfoques que mejoran y amplían su funcionalidad y alcance.

Al centrarse en infraestructuras avanzadas y tecnologías digitales, los Programas de Trabajo de Mejora Continua (PTMC) de esta categoría contribuirán a modernizar el mercado, haciéndolo más transparente, accesible, eficiente y escalable.

Juntos, estos grupos trabajan para fortificar la infraestructura de la VCM, preparándola para operar eficazmente a mayor escala, manteniendo al mismo tiempo altos niveles de integridad.

Grupos de trabajo sobre modernización del mercado, transparencia y supervisión

Transparencia, escalabilidad y normalización del mercado

Sistemas de medición, notificación y verificación (MRV) (incluido el MRV digital)

Supervisión de los organismos de validación y verificación (OVV)

Transparencia, escalabilidad y normalización del mercado

Este programa de trabajo pretende abordar los principales retos que dificultan la eficacia del mercado. Esto incluye explorar nuevas formas de aprovechar las tecnologías existentes y emergentes para hacer que el mercado del carbono sea más transparente, estandarizado y escalable para facilitar la participación generalizada y la confianza en el MCV.

Estos programas de trabajo incluyen:

– Infraestructura de mercado: interoperabilidad de los registros, contratos de carbono normalizados y restricciones legales. Los subgrupos están estudiando la integración de los registros y la infraestructura comercial, como la creación de un meta-registro y la mejora de la transparencia comercial.
– Transparencia e integridad de los precios – Fomento de la equidad en el reparto de ingresos, la normalización de las tarifas y la mejora de la determinación de precios.
– Catalizar la financiación estructurada: se trata de desbloquear capital para los promotores de proyectos facilitando datos sobre riesgos, infraestructuras de financiación y mecanismos para atraer a los inversores.

Al fomentar la transparencia, todos los participantes en el mercado tienen acceso a la misma información, lo que reduce la probabilidad de manipulación y aumenta la confianza.

La escalabilidad se aborda desarrollando sistemas que puedan acomodar crecientes volúmenes de transacciones sin comprometer la calidad o la integridad.

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Report from Continuous Improvement Work Program on Market Transparency, Scalability and Standardisation

The CIWP on Market Transparency, Scalability and Standardisation found that while the Core Carbon Principles (CCPs) provide a robust foundation for credit integrity, further improvements to market infrastructure are needed to support scale and liquidity.

The report sets out recommendations across three key areas: Market Infrastructure, Pricing Transparency & Integrity, and Catalysing Structured Finance.

Key Takeaways

Infrastructure for credit integrity. The ICVCM should provide guidance on the infrastructure characteristics that underpin credit integrity, without prescribing specific technical solutions.
Legal foundations and ownership clarity. The ICVCM should further clarify how legal concepts such as title, control and beneficial ownership relate to CCP-labelled credits, while acknowledging jurisdictional variation and avoiding the creation of a single global legal construct.
Interoperability across market systems. Market actors should seek interoperability and consistency across registries and market systems to reduce fragmentation, lower transaction costs, and improve transparency.
Fees and pricing transparency. The ICVCM should encourage further transparency through disclosure of carbon-crediting program fee structures and pricing components to reduce information asymmetries, support comparability, and mitigate actual or perceived conflicts of interest.
Revenue and benefit-sharing transparency. The ICVCM should consider requiring clearer reporting on how revenues associated with CCP-labelled credits flow to project developers, host countries, and Indigenous Peoples as well as local communities.
Strengthening assurance and auditability. The ICVCM should refine its requirements related to reasonable assurance, documentation and audit trails to support financial participation.
Risk transparency and structured finance. Market participants should seek to enable risk-based approaches to financing carbon projects, to enable more structured finance, forward contracts and blended finance mechanisms.
Alignment with financial and accounting standards. The ICVCM should continue to engage with accounting standard-setters, regulators and financial institutions to ensure that CCP-labelled credits are understood and treated consistently within existing financial systems.

What happens next?

The outputs of the CIWPs will inform further development and refinement of the CCP Assessment Framework. They will also support broader evolution of carbon markets and may be implemented by entities other than the ICVCM.

Read the report

Download the full report below for the complete context, evidence and recommendation tables.

CIWP Market Transparency Scalability Standardisation Report

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Sistemas de medición, notificación y verificación (MRV) (incluido el MRV digital)

O foco deste programa de trabalho é aproveitar os avanços tecnológicos para melhorar a precisão e a fiabilidade dos sistemas e actividades digitais de MRV. Novas ferramentas digitais, como dados de satélite, lidar, aprendizagem automática e inteligência artificial, estão a mudar rapidamente o panorama das ferramentas e abordagens de MRV em toda a VCM. Oferecem novas oportunidades significativas para uma melhor medição, quantificação e verificação dos projectos e actividades da VCM.

Estes avanços permitem uma medição mais precisa das reduções de emissões, processos de comunicação simplificados e transparentes e uma validação rigorosa do impacto ambiental dos projectos. Esta abordagem baseada na tecnologia pode ajudar a minimizar os erros humanos e aumentar a rapidez com que os projectos são verificados e os créditos emitidos, melhorando a eficiência global, a credibilidade e a escala do mercado ao longo do tempo.

Este CIWP irá considerar as melhores práticas e abordagens para a integração de ferramentas e técnicas digitais de MRV no VCM.

Supervisión de los organismos de validación y verificación (OVV)

Este CIWP representa uma oportunidade para interagir com um vasto leque de partes interessadas numa conversa importante sobre a supervisão dos organismos de validação e verificação (OVV) no âmbito do MCV.

O trabalho tem por objetivo identificar e colmatar as principais lacunas de supervisão, reforçar a integridade do mercado e explorar soluções práticas e escaláveis para melhorar o desempenho das EVB.

As principais áreas de incidência incluem:

Lacunas sistémicas e áreas a melhorar no desempenho e na acreditação das OPV.
Papéis e responsabilidades das OPV, organismos de acreditação e programas de crédito de carbono.
Impacto do crescimento do mercado e das expectativas sobre a capacidade e o controlo dos VVBs.
Transparência, controlo e responsabilização nos processos de validação e verificação.
Abordagens inovadoras e expansíveis para melhorar o desempenho, a supervisão e a integridade do mercado dos VVB.

Report from Continuous Improvement Work Program on Oversight of Validation and Verification Bodies (VVBs)

The CIWP on Oversight of Validation and Verification Bodies (VVBs) explored how validation and verification systems can continue to support carbon market integrity as markets evolve and expectations of third-party assessment expand.

The report sets out ten recommendations aimed at improving oversight of VVBs, enhancing transparency and accountability, strengthening competences, and reinforcing confidence in validation and verification activities.

Key Takeaways

Greater transparency and accountability. The report highlights opportunities to improve transparency around VVB performance, oversight activities, and validation and verification outcomes. Recommendations include clarifying reporting requirements, improving the comparability of oversight practices, and increasing transparency around project status, audit outcomes and performance trends.
Building competencies for a more complex market. As carbon-crediting programs increasingly incorporate safeguards, sustainable development requirements and a wider range of project types, assurance activities require also require more diverse expertise. The report recommends strengthening competency requirements across the assurance ecosystem and expanding and upskilling the global pool of qualified auditors.
Stronger coordination and oversight. The report identifies opportunities to enhance information sharing, align oversight expectations and strengthen coordination between accreditation bodies and carbon-crediting programs to avoid duplication, close oversight gaps and support more effective supervision of VVB performance.
Managing conflicts of interest and strengthening confidence. The report explores measures to reinforce impartiality and address actual and perceived conflicts of interest in validation and verification activities. Recommendations include clearer rules on auditor independence and conflict of interest management, and greater coordination across programs to ensure transparent issues management.

What happens next?

The outputs of this CIWP will inform further refinement of the CCP Assessment Framework, while also identifying actions that can be taken by carbon-crediting programs, accreditation bodies, VVBs and other market participants.

The work will also contribute to related Integrity Council initiatives, including ongoing work on digital measurement, reporting and verification (DMRV).