Introducing the Oxford Principles for Responsible Engagement with Article 6
Venue
Online Event
Organizer
Article 6 is the backbone of international carbon trading under the Paris Agreement.
If utilised responsibly, Article 6 could be one of the greatest opportunities to drive additional climate mitigation and improve climate resilience. However, evidence so far shows that this potential is at risk, and the framework could instead enable the ‘greenwashing’ of climate commitments by countries and corporate entities alike.
The new ‘Oxford Principles for Article 6’ – developed by a wide range of academics from Oxford and beyond – provide essential guidance and guardrails to enable this international framework to be used in a responsible manner.
The goal of the Principles is to foster international carbon markets that drive genuine climate action and provide incentives to enhance ambition as opposed to serving as a smokescreen for inaction.
This webinar will introduce the three core Principles, and give practical recommendations for how countries and entities seeking to engage in carbon trading via Article 6 can do so in a robust way.
The launch of the Oxford Principles for Article 6 is especially timely as countries gather to discuss the operationalisation of Article 6’s carbon trading frameworks at the 2025 Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB62), taking place from 16–26 June.
Agenda
| Time | Item | Speaker |
| 09:00–09:10 | Welcome and scene setting | Professor Mette Morsing, Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford |
| 09:10–09:20 | Principle one | Dr Injy Johnstone, Research Fellow in Net Zero Aligned Offsetting |
| 09:20–09:30 | Principle two | Dr Axel Michaelowa, Perspectives Climate Group and University of Zurich |
| 09:30–09:40 | Principle three | Dr Lambert Schneider, Oeko Institut |
| 09:40–10:00 | Q&A | All |
Biographies
Dr Axel Michaelowa is head of the group on international climate policy at the University of Zurich and Center for Comparative and International Studies and senior founding partner of the consultancy Perspectives Climate Group. For over two decades, Axel has been working on climate policy issues and published over 100 articles, studies and book contributions, mainly on the market mechanisms of the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol, having served with their operationalisation in a range of contexts.
Dr Lambert Schneider is Research Coordinator for International Climate Policy at Oeko-Institut in Berlin, Germany. He has worked for more than 20 years on carbon markets and international climate negotiations. He is also a member of the Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board and leads the research team of the Carbon Credit Quality Initiative.
Dr Injy Johnstone is a Research Fellow in Net-Zero Aligned Offsetting at the University of Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, and an Associate Member of St Antony’s College. A lawyer by training, Injy completed her PhD exploring Net-Zero as a source of new legal norms with reference to the environmental integrity of carbon markets. In 2024 she was a lead author of State of Carbon Dioxide Removal Report & the revised Oxford Principles for Net Zero Aligned Carbon Offsetting.