Overview

Singapore and Papua New Guinea signed an Implementation Agreement on carbon credits cooperation on 8 December 2023.

A detailed overview of the process to seek Article 6 authorisation of the mitigation activities and the mitigation outcomes, including required documents at each stage, is outlined in the chart below. More details can be found in Annex B and the Processes section.

Joint Committee

The Joint Committee is a coordination body that oversees the administration of the Implementation Agreement.

The Singapore-Papua New Guinea Joint Committee is co-chaired by:

The Joint Committee’s role includes:

• Making recommendations to the countries for their decision on processes, environmental integrity criteria, and registry arrangements under the IA;

• Establishing rules and guidelines for project applications for authorisation under the IA;

• Reviewing the IA and its Annexes as required, and recommending amendments to the countries;

• Facilitating the exchange of information relevant to the processes under the IA.