Joint Implementation (JI) definition

Joint Implementation (JI) means the mechanism established under Article 6 of the UNFCCC Kyoto Protocol to assist industrialised countries in achieving compliance with their quantified emission limitation and reduction commitments under the Protocol and that generates Emission Reduction Units (ERUs).
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Examples of Joint Implementation (JI) in a sentence

  • In addition, further qualitative restrictions for the use of offsets from CDM and Joint Implementation (JI) projects in the EU ETS apply from 2013.

  • The Parties agree to establish a Testing Ground for the Baltic Sea Region to gain experience from and facilitate the use of Joint Implementation (JI) under Article 6 and Emissions Trading (ET) under Article 17 of the Kyoto Protocol and to implement projects generating emission reductions prior to and during the commitment period commencing in 2008, in order to reduce anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases cost-effectively.

  • This protocol also has what ▇▇▇▇▇ & Yamin (2001) call “Sophisticated Market-based mechanisms” such as emissions trading, Joint Implementation (JI) and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) (which has been nicknamed the Kyoto surprise see ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2007) which are geared towards the reduction of compliance cost of industrialized countries (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al., 2010; ▇▇▇▇▇ & Yamin, 2001; ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, 2007).