Article 6 in practice: lessons from 20 host countries

Key takeaways

• Most Article 6 host countries are still moving from principle to practice. Half of profiled countries have fully defined their authorisation process, but only a quarter have done the same for corresponding adjustments.

• Corresponding adjustments lag years behind authorisation. With the latest inventory year at 2021 or 2022 in most profiled countries, ITMOs issued today may not appear in national reporting until 2028.

• Host countries are designing rules to capture value. Corresponding adjustment fees range from around USD 1.25 to 5 per ITMO, and the profiles show how retention rules, export caps and buffers decide how much mitigation counts towards the host's own NDC, from Uzbekistan's 20% retention to Ghana's 1% buffer.