What is the Standardized Crediting Framework (SCF)

The Standardized Crediting Framework (SCF) provides an opportunity for developing country governments to set-up the structures and processes for engaging in Article 6 cooperative approaches and to test these through real projects and investments. Article 6 offers potential host countries the opportunity to unlock financial and technical support to raise ambition on climate change mitigation, reduce the costs of implementing their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and make progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To access these opportunities, countries must operationalize Article 6 at the national level by setting up domestic policy and regulatory frameworks under which transfers of internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs) can take place and build the capacity for tracking and reporting on such transfers. .