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Project country: Malaysia

Sector: Low-carbon policy

Expert Partners: Legal Response International and E Co.

This skill-share supported the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) of the state government of Sarawak and the Ministry of Energy and Environmental Sustainability (MEESty), by providing technical assistance to design their carbon trading governance framework and GHG Inventory. 

This support was timely and provided the EPU and MEESty with in-demand skills in areas such as carbon trading governance frameworks and greenhouse gas inventories. Experts from Legal Response International and E Co. developed a tailored programme to address these priority areas. 

Key Actions:

The expert delivery team focused on providing capacity building support covering a range of topics:  

• Issuance of carbon credits based on international standards; low-carbon economy governance; Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) requirements and government-to-government carbon trading; as well as payments for ecosystem services
• Carbon trading scheme design and structure considerations; priority areas and sectors; eligibility considerations; integrity elements (MRV, additionality, transparency and safeguards); models for relying on voluntary carbon market standards
• Introduction to the standards and reporting of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventories  

The expert team also supported the preparation of a draft carbon trading governance framework with options and recommendations, these facilitated the development of an inventory and standard operating procedure (SOP) methodology to help the EPU measure carbon stocks and track emissions.  

During the delivery of the skill-share, relevant GESI considerations were discussed during peer-to-peer meetings and participant attendance was recorded to monitor the gender ratio. GESI considerations were promoted as part of drafting the carbon trading governance framework, including gender, indigenous peoples’ interests, local community safeguards and benefits, and sustainable development goals.  

 

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• This skill-share provided in-demand skills to the Sarawak EPU which had a number of unintended benefits to the team. Additional achievements included:
  • Delivery of capacity-building workshops and peer review sessions on a number of topics including carbon credits generation and trading  
  • Supporting the development of a carbon trading framework  
  • Delivery of capacity building on the fundamentals of greenhouse gas inventories and supported the Sarawak EPU to begin drafting their own GHG Inventory 
  • Improved alignment between ministries and agencies through meetings, review sessions and workshops