Investor Presentaiton
South Pole Group
Emissions Reduction Fund
Avoidance of double counting (1/2)
Type of double
counting
Double selling
Safeguards
Public registry with unique
identification of projects and all
transactions
"no double counting test" to avoid
Double issuance multiple issuances of the same unit
(e.g. under different standards
Non-Kyoto ACCUS
Activities generating non-Kyoto
ACCUs are not reflected in
Australia's Kyoto accounts
Double claiming Kyoto ACCUS
(1) Purchased by the government:
KACCUS transferred and
cancelled by government
(2) Sold on the secondary market:
Tracking of transfers through
registry
Implications
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Double selling virtually impossible;
environmental integrity unimpaired
Double issuance virtually
impossible;
environmental integrity unimpaired
Environmental integrity is not
impaired, as ERs from voluntary
domestic projects are not
accounted for in national GHG
inventory
(1) Environmental integrity not
impaired; units only claimed by
the government
(2) Units can be claimed only once
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