24 July 2015 – A monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system is vital for an effective ETS. Data quality and the reliable verification of data are key elements in an efficient MRV system and ETS. In order to present best practices and lessons learnt of the verifying system in EU-ETS and domestic ETS pilots to potential verifiers for the national ETS in China, GIZ and CQC (China Quality Certification Center) jointly organized this workshop for verification entities participating in domestic ETS in China, on 24th July 2015 in Beijing.
High level experts from the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt), a senior verifier from EU-ETS and domestic experts from verifying organizations shared their expertise as speakers during this workshop. The aim was to present best practices and lessons learnt of the verifying system in EU-ETS and domestic ETS pilots to potential verifiers for the national ETS.
The aim was to present best practices and lessons learnt of the verifying system in EU-ETS and domestic ETS pilots to potential verifiers for the national ETS.
Focus areas included accreditation and regulations for verifiers in EU-ETS, as well as experience sharing on verification processes.