Technical advice for GHG offset protocol development in the agriculture and livestock sectors (KE2 – Sector Lead Agriculture)

The Partnership for Market Readiness (PMR) is a forum for collective innovation and action, and a fund to support capacity building to scale up climate change mitigation. It was established in 2010 by the World Bank and brings together more than 30 countries whose actions are critical to global climate mitigation efforts. Through grant funding and technical assistance, the PMR supports middle-income countries as they prepare and implement carbon pricing and other innovative instruments to scale up domestic greenhouse gas mitigation. The PMR also serves as a platform for country-to-country knowledge exchange that informs collective pioneering of cost-effective approaches to combat climate change. Mexico is one of the implementing country participants of the PMR.

Mexico is committed to reduce its national Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions using carbon pricing mechanisms, including the design of an Emission Trading System (ETS).

The objective of this consultancy is twofold:

(i) Support the review and prioritization of mitigation activity/project types in the agriculture and livestock sectors that could generate GHG emission offsets for use as a compliance option in Mexico’s Emissions Trading Program;

(ii) Elaborate an activity-specific GHG protocol proposal in each sector, tailored to Mexico-specific conditions, thereby demonstrating the GHG protocol development process under the Mexican ETS offset scheme.

Required qualifications and relevant experience of the (KE2) – Sector Lead Agriculture:

The (KE2) – Sector Lead Agriculture with at least 10 years of experience in abatement opportunities in the selected sector and knowledge on the sectorial context in Mexico (climate change policies, institutions, regulatory context, carbon dynamics, etc.). Senior experts should also demonstrate at least 5 years of experience on the development and implementation of offset protocols, or mitigation projects for regulated or voluntary carbon markets in the sector.

If you are interested to work with us, please submit your CV by 08/06/2020.