Mitigation Activity Selection Criteria

The Mitigation Activity Selection Criteria aims to complement the existing GIZ country-level catalog of criteria to guide national authorities in the decision-making process on mitigation activities to promote under cooperative approaches. Specifically, this toolkit focuses on aspects that could be incorporated into countries’ Article 6 activity selection process to ensure the contribution of the Article 6 activities to the achievement of long-term climate goals and mobilization of SDG finance. In other words, this selection criteria and supporting tool aims to help countries prioritize Article 6 activities that contribute to long-term climate goals and the mobilization of SDG finance. This should assist countries in negotiating cooperative approaches with other Parties to prioritize collaboration for activity types aligned with the long-term priorities of the country. It can also inform the activity approval process for Article 6.4 projects. Countries can, for example, establish different administrative fees based on the level of alignment