{"id":74581,"date":"2026-06-17T13:25:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T07:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=74581"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:00:32","slug":"joint-crediting-mechanism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/joint-crediting-mechanism\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Crediting Mechanism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Joint Crediting Mechanism Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India and Japan have adopted the Rules of Implementation for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Joint Crediting Mechanism<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was first <\/span><b>proposed by the Government of Japan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was officially <\/span><b>launched in 2013.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Aim:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>Japanese initiative<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that aims to facilitate <\/span><b>diffusion of leading decarbonizing technologies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and infrastructure through investment by Japanese entities and contributes to sustainable development of partner countries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>bilateral mechanism<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is being implemented in accordance with <\/span><b>Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The JCM contributes to the achievement of both countries\u2019 NDC (Nationally Determined Contribution) by evaluating Japan\u2019s contributions in a quantitative manner and acquiring the part of credit.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It operates under the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change-unfccc\/\" target=\"_blank\">United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change-unfccc\/\" target=\"_blank\"> (UNFCCC)<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It complements other existing mechanisms, such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>India is one of the 31<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> partner countries of the Joint Crediting Mechanism.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Focus Area of Joint Crediting Mechanism<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This mechanism focuses on priority sectors which includes<\/span><b> renewable energy with storage, sustainable aviation fuel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, compressed biogas, green hydrogen and green ammonia, and in hard-to-abate sectors.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2191915&amp;reg=48&amp;lang=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Joint Crediting Mechanism was first proposed by the Government of Japan and was officially launched in 2013. 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