Conference Agenda

The Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches (IFCMA) is the OECD’s flagship initiative designed to help optimise the global impact of emissions reduction efforts around the world through better data and information sharing, evidence-based mutual learning and inclusive multilateral dialogue. The IFCMA brings together all relevant policy perspectives from a diverse range of countries from around the world, participating on an equal footing basis, to take stock of and consider the effectiveness of different mitigation approaches, and explore interoperable approaches to measuring the carbon intensity of products.

IFCMA has released the first edition of its Climate Policy Database. Currently covering around 1 600 climate change mitigation policy instruments, the Database offers granular insights across the full range of policies adopted by countries. This includes information on subsidies, taxes, emissions trading systems, technology and performance standards, as well as framework regulations and labelling schemes. It builds on the IFCMA Typology agreed by IFCMA members last year, which for the first time enables countries to classify climate change mitigation policies in a consistent and comparable way. Over time, IFCMA will continue to expand the Database to include additional instruments and countries.

By taking stock of different mitigation approaches, mapping policies to the emissions they cover, and estimating their domestic and international impact, the IFCMA is enhancing understanding of the full spectrum of mitigation approaches deployed around the world and their combined global impact. Simultaneously, by bringing governments and other stakeholders together to explore ways to develop and implement interoperable approaches to measure carbon intensity metrics, the IFCMA will help to limit administrative costs and firms’ reporting burdens, improve transparency and avoid fragmentation of international supply chains.