UNDP is committed to advancing high-integrity carbon markets because they can be a powerful means to accelerate climate action and sustainable development when grounded in trust, transparency, and respect for rights.

UNDP’s High-Integrity Carbon Markets Toolkit puts this commitment into practice by helping countries and partners build the systems, safeguards and capacities needed to ensure that carbon markets deliver credible and inclusive outcomes.

The Toolkit is designed to:  

• Drive convergence on high integrity: Build shared definitions, practices and capacities, starting with social integrity.
• Boost market confidence: Help unlock investment and support price premiums for high-quality credits.
• Provide practical guidance: Demonstrate how to integrate, measure, monitor, verify and validate social and environmental safeguards and sustainable development impacts. 

This Toolkit aims to equip users with the knowledge, skills and practical guidance to engage effectively and responsibly in carbon market activities, keeping environmental and social integrity front and center. 

You can explore and access the Toolkit at climatepromise.undp.org/carbonmarketstoolkit