Stand up a country's full carbon framework — UNFCCC and Paris Agreement aligned.
End-to-end sovereign delivery: legal architecture, DNA establishment, NDC and LT-LEDS, Article 6.2 / 6.4 readiness, national registry, MRV system, and Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) pipeline under the Enhanced Transparency Framework. Designed for ministries, DNAs and multilateral partners.
Four pillars of a UNFCCC-aligned national framework.
A national carbon framework is more than a registry or an NDC document — it is the legal, institutional and technical machinery that lets a country meet its UNFCCC obligations, participate in Article 6 markets, and attract credible climate finance without compromising domestic accounting.
CAS supports sovereign clients across the full lifecycle: diagnostic, legal drafting, NDC and LT-LEDS, Article 6 readiness, national registry and MRV build, BTR pipeline, and operate-and-improve. Engagements are scoped to the country's starting position, ministerial mandate and donor envelope, and delivered with national counsel and line ministries in the lead.
Six phases from diagnostic to operate.
Diagnostic & readiness
Baseline diagnostic against UNFCCC and Paris Agreement obligations. Gap analysis on NDC, transparency, Article 6, legal authority and institutional capacity. Output: National Carbon Framework readiness report and roadmap.
Legal & institutional design
Draft climate change legislation, ministerial decrees, DNA designation, governance charter, inter-ministerial coordination mechanism, and stakeholder engagement protocol. Designed with national legal counsel.
NDC, LT-LEDS & sector pathways
Update or stand up the NDC, including economy-wide and sectoral targets, mitigation/adaptation actions, MRV provisions, and LT-LEDS to 2050. Sector pathways modelled across energy, AFOLU, industry, transport and waste.
Article 6.2 & 6.4 readiness
Authorisation policy, ITMO definition, corresponding adjustment ledger design, eligibility criteria, methodology approval pathway, host country letters of approval, and 6.4 transition pathway. Bilateral MoU templates included.
Registry, MRV & ETF reporting
Stand up the national registry (issuance, transfer, retirement, corresponding adjustments), national GHG inventory system, MRV procedures, and the Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) pipeline under the Enhanced Transparency Framework.
Capacity, governance & operate
Train DNA personnel, line ministries, registry administrators and verifiers. Stand up oversight committees, complaints procedures, annual rule reviews, and the path to ICVCM / CCP and Article 6.4 alignment.
Legal architecture & technical build, delivered together.
Legal & Institutional
Statute, decrees, governance and authorisation procedures that give the framework legal force.
- LG-01National climate change act / framework law
- LG-02Ministerial decree designating the DNA
- LG-03Inter-ministerial climate change committee charter
- LG-04Stakeholder engagement & consultation protocol
- LG-05National carbon market regulations
- LG-06Authorisation procedures for Article 6 transfers
- LG-07Conflict of interest & impartiality framework
- LG-08Public disclosure & FOI provisions
Technical Build
NDC, LT-LEDS, registry, MRV and the BTR pipeline that meet the Enhanced Transparency Framework.
- TC-01Updated NDC with mitigation & adaptation components
- TC-02Long-Term Low-Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS)
- TC-03National GHG inventory (IPCC 2006 / 2019 Refinement)
- TC-04MRV system across energy, AFOLU, IPPU, waste, transport
- TC-05National registry — issuance, transfer, retirement, CA ledger
- TC-06Article 6.2 cooperative approach framework
- TC-07Article 6.4 mechanism transition pathway
- TC-08Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) under the ETF
- TC-09Project methodology eligibility list & approval workflow
- TC-10National letter of approval (LoA) issuance procedure
Anchored to the international rulebook.
Stand up your country's UNFCCC-aligned carbon framework.
Diagnostic, legal drafting, NDC / LT-LEDS, Article 6.2 and 6.4 readiness, national registry, MRV system, and the Biennial Transparency Report pipeline — delivered with national counsel and line ministries in the lead. Multilateral and bilateral donor envelopes supported.