Bangladesh Carbon Market Governance & Readiness Sprint
Description: The UK Government's Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions (UK PACT) programme is inviting proposals from qualified suppliers or consortia to deliver technical assistance to the government of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is establishing the foundations for participation in high-integrity carbon markets, including Article 6, CORSIA and voluntary carbon markets. While progress has been made through the establishment of a carbon market framework and supporting governance arrangements, further support is needed to operationalise these systems across government, strengthen institutional coordination, and enable Bangladesh to use carbon markets to support delivery of its NDC 3.0 unconditional mitigation targets. The assignment will provide targeted technical assistance and capacity building to strengthen Bangladesh's carbon market governance, authorisation processes, MRV, reporting and institutional readiness. Working with relevant government agencies, including MoEFCC, DoE, the Power Division, (read more...)
Summary: Palladium International Limited is procuring technical assistance and capacity-building services for the Government of Bangladesh on carbon market governance and readiness. The work will support Bangladesh’s participation in high-integrity carbon markets, including Article 6, CORSIA and voluntary carbon markets, and help implement its NDC 3.0 mitigation targets. Activities include strengthening institutional coordination, carbon market rules, authorisation processes, safeguards, measurement, reporting and verification, UNFCCC reporting, and CORSIA readiness. Expected outputs include governance and coordination tools, an authorisation and safeguards toolkit, reporting support, a government capacity-building programme and sector readiness briefs identifying future carbon market investment opportunities. Delivery is in Bangladesh, working with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Department of Environment, Power Division, Ministry of Finance and other government ministries. This is a services requirement covering environmental, research and consultancy work.