For Governments

Supporting governments to leverage carbon finance

VCMI works with national and regional governments in emerging markets and developing economies to support them to participate meaningfully in, and benefit from, the global carbon market.

Why supporting governments to access carbon markets is vital

High-integrity carbon markets can channel much-needed climate and development finance to projects that preserve forests, restore ecosystems, enable climate-smart agriculture, widen access to clean energy access and catalyze innovation.

Yet many emerging markets and developing economies – those with most to gain from carbon markets – are unable to access carbon finance because it requires specialized knowledge along with tailored market infrastructure, including enabling policies and regulation.

These barriers are holding back emerging markets and developing economies from leveraging carbon markets to help drive decarbonization and build climate-resilient economies while simultaneously advancing their sustainable development priorities.

Introducing our
Access Strategies Program

VCMI’s Access Strategies Program supports host-country governments to ensure the effective integration and governance of high-integrity carbon markets within national climate plans.

VCMI works with local partners to create robust carbon markets policies, develop carbon finance plans and investment strategies, grow market confidence, and deliver replicable tools and frameworks that deliver impact beyond borders. By building markets and unlocking trust, VCMI’s Access Strategies Program helps to channel climate finance to the countries and regions that need it the most, supporting progress on global climate goals.

VCMI has worked across the world, from Peru to Kenya to India, to support the development of the policies, capacity and infrastructure needed to create thriving carbon markets and unlock climate finance.

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countries supported to adopt carbon markets frameworks to meet their NDC objectives

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policymakers engaged through focus groups, interviews, and more

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events and workshops held to foster collaboration and knowledge-sharing

Independent Evaluation of VCMI’s Access Strategies Program

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Our expertise on carbon markets access

Building on the learnings from the Access Strategies Program, VCMI has developed a Carbon Markets Access Toolkit to help policymakers in emerging markets and developing economies decide if, when and how to engage with carbon markets.

VCMI’s Carbon Markets Access Toolkit is a vital playbook to help policymakers strategically unlock finance from carbon markets in support of their climate and sustainable development goals.

The Toolkit, developed in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme and Climate Focus, guides policymakers through five decision sheets, setting out practical considerations for participating in robust, effective and high-integrity carbon markets, including determining an Article 6 engagement strategy, and considering legal and institutional matters.

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