The Nuts and Bolts of Baseline Setting

This document provides an overview of baseline setting for greenhouse gas (GHG) crediting mechanisms. The first section briefly explains the general purpose and objectives of setting a crediting mechanism baseline. The second section summarizes key policy considerations in defining and setting baselines. The final section covers important technical elements of baselines and provides an overview of various methods that can be used to estimate baseline emissions. The main purpose of this technical note is to examine key issues for baseline setting in the context of scaled-up crediting mechanisms. Many of the technical and policy considerations presented here, however, are relevant to existing project-based crediting mechanisms as well, and the discussion takes into account concepts developed and experience gained under these mechanisms. In addition, most of the concepts and examples presented here are relevant to setting baselines in the energy and industry sectors. Where relevant, however, examples from other sectors, including forestry and land-use, are used to illustrate important ideas.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Partnership for Market Readiness
Format:	Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-08
Subjects:	ABSOLUTE EMISSION, ALLOWANCE, ALLOWANCES, ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION, APPROACH, AVAILABILITY, BALANCE, BASELINE EMISSION, BASELINE EMISSIONS, BASELINE METHODOLOGIES, BASELINE METHODOLOGY, BASELINE PROJECTIONS, BOILERS, CAPITAL COSTS, CAPS, CARBON, CARBON FINANCE, CARBON OFFSET, CARBON OFFSETS, CEMENT, CEMENT PLANT, CHOICE OF EMISSION FACTORS, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM, CLIMATE, CLIMATE ACTION, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, CO2, COAL, COMBUSTION, COMBUSTION EFFICIENCY, COMBUSTION FOR ELECTRICITY, CYCLE POWER, DEGRADED LAND, DOMESTIC EMISSIONS, DOMESTIC EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEMS, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC MODEL, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT, EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRIC POWER SECTOR, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY GENERATION TECHNOLOGIES, ELECTRICITY PRICES, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, ELECTRICITY SECTOR, ELECTRICITY SYSTEM, EMISSION, EMISSION FACTOR, EMISSION FACTORS, EMISSION LEVELS, EMISSION RATE, EMISSION RATES, EMISSION REDUCTIONS, EMISSION SOURCES, EMISSION TRADING, EMISSION TRENDS, EMISSIONS DATA, EMISSIONS ESTIMATES, EMISSIONS FROM CEMENT PRODUCTION, EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION, EMISSIONS FROM SOURCES, EMISSIONS OBLIGATIONS, EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, END-USE, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY POLICY, ENERGY PRODUCTION, ENVIRONMENTAL INTEGRITY, EQUIVALENT EMISSION REDUCTIONS, EQUIVALENT REDUCTIONS, FEASIBILITY, FINANCIAL INCENTIVES, FOREST, FOREST TYPE, FOREST TYPES, FORESTRY, FUEL, FUEL PRICE, FUEL PRICES, FUEL TYPE, FUELS, GHG, GHGS, GLOBAL EMISSIONS, GLOBAL GREENHOUSE, GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS, GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION, GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION, GRID EMISSION FACTOR, INCENTIVES FOR INVESTMENT, INDUSTRIAL BOILER, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, INVESTMENT DECISIONS, LAND USE, LAND-USE CHANGE, LANDFILL, LANDFILL METHANE, LANDFILL METHANE EMISSIONS, MARKET PENETRATION, MITIGATION ACTIONS, N2O, NATIONAL GRID, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL GAS POWER, NATURAL GAS POWER PLANTS, NATURAL-GAS, NET EMISSIONS, NET EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, NEW PLANTS, NITRIC ACID, OZONE, OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES, PEAK DEMAND, PERFORMANCE STANDARD, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, POWER GENERATION, POWER PLANT, POWER PLANTS, POWER SECTOR, PP, PRODUCTION OF ENERGY, RAINFALL, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION, RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS, RENEWABLE POWER, RESERVOIRS, SEQUESTRATION ACTIVITIES, TOTAL EMISSIONS, TRADABLE CREDITS, UNCERTAINTIES, WASTE, WASTE MANAGEMENT, PMR,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/24193197/nuts-bolts-baseline-setting https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21829
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