The carbon market landscape is in a state of rapid and continuous evolution, and it is crucial that countries embrace the ability to adapt and reflect the latest market developments. At the same time, alongside global market shifts, the interactions and implications at a local level also differ from country to country. While the Guidelines was developed based on insights from various sources that reflect the market standards and expectations for high-quality ERCs, it is important to note that these perspectives are dynamic.

Determining Country Inputs provides a deep dive on Step Zero of the process, before going into the project-level assessment. This step aims to provide a country-wide view on the alignment of various project types with its strategic objectives, which will be used in the Project Profile Template in Appendix A.

Beyond capability development, cooperative approaches may also be beneficial across other market development activities.

Find a full outline to sections and resources found in the Strategic Guidance for Country System Assessments. 

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Strategic Guidance for Country System Assessments

Find a list of helpful terms used in the Strategic Guidance for Country System Assessments Guidelines, or download the Full Report to find more.

The carbon market landscape continues to evolve rapidly, and it is crucial that countries embrace the ability to adapt and reflect the latest market developments. Scope for Further Refinements highlights the scope for further work needed to keep this document aligned with evolving global standards and ensure that it remains relevant to a dynamic and fast-changing carbon market landscape.

Introduction to the Deep-Dives

Each component in the Country System Assessment Framework is discussed in-depth in this section to enable users to develop the Assessment for the target country. Each Component deep-dive will include:

Overview of World Bank’s ERP

The ERP includes two main workstreams.