KNOWLEDGE CENTER

Standardized Crediting Framework

Concept

Design document
2021
What is the Standardized Crediting Framework? The Standardized Crediting Framework (SCF),…
Design document
2016
This study proposes a Standardized Crediting Framework (SCF) as a new approach to crediting…

Senegal Pilot

Design document
2019
This document outlines the rules for a pilot program in Senegal for results-based financing for…
Design document
2019
The Standardized Crediting Framework (SCF) is an initiative by the Carbon Initiative for…
Design document
2019
With the pilot phase of the SCF in Senegal set to finish in the first quarter of 2019, this report…
Design document
2017
The first SCF pilot takes place in Senegal and focuses on the national electrification program…

Rwanda Pilot

Design document
2020
The Standardized Crediting Framework (SCF) is an initiative by the Carbon Initiative for…
Design document
2018
This document outlines the rules for a pilot program in Rwanda for results-based financing for…
Registration request form
2018
As part of ensuring that Ci-Dev programs can continue to benefit from carbon finance beyond 2020,…

Carbon Crediting Methodology

Ci-Dev has developed new methodologies, standardized approaches and business models that will help countries transition to the post-2020 regulatory environment under the Paris Agreement.

Design document
2020

For several decades, international donors, researchers, and grassroots organizations have tried…

Design document
2019

Programmatic crediting still relies on bottom-up data aggregation from a large number of…

involved indirectly approval
2018

The adoption of the Paris Agreement in December 2015 raised hopes for carbon market continuity…

Registration request form
2012

This document is the first module in a series, focusing on the topic of standardization of…

Design document
2012

There are various approaches to credit a country for its achievements in reducing greenhouse gas…

Energy Access Programs

The fund’s pipeline of energy access programs has generated tangible knowledge to show how results-based climate finance contributes to success in the sector. This work can inform energy access practitioners and development professionals.

involved directly authorization
2017

This report seeks to inform Ci-Dev’s choice in hedging regulatory risks arising from the regime…

Monitoring report
2016

Ci-Dev has the opportunity to contribute to the development of new market mechanisms by both…

involved indirectly approval
2015

The study’s focus lies on energy access projects in low-income countries such as activities to…

involved directly authorization
2015

The main purpose of this paper is to outline how the new CDM concepts of standardized baselines…

Climate Finance for Energy Access

Ci-Dev’s experience provides knowledge on financial models and financial barriers related to its programs, as well as work on results-based finance approaches for energy access activities.

Design document
2023

In the clean cooking sector, the successful application of Results-Based Financing (RBF)…

involved directly authorization
2016

Resolving an issue of pre-financing climate payments by private lenders and investors will play…

involved directly authorization
2015

The objectives of this study, commissioned by the Carbon Initiative for Development (Ci-Dev)…

Monitoring report
2015

The objective of this note is to identify/assess the barriers preventing local financial…

involved indirectly approval
2015

This report is prepared in response to a request by the participants of the Carbon Initiative…