Article 6 Carbon Advisor, Latin America and The Caribbean

**INTRODUCTION TO GGGI**:The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) is a treaty-based international, inter-governmental organization dedicated to supporting and promoting strong, inclusive and sustainable economic growth in developing countries and emerging economies. To learn more please visit about GGGI web page.**GENERAL INFORMATION**:- Role: Article 6 Carbon Advisor, Latin America and the Caribbean- Level: 5- Contract Duration: 1 March 2025 - 28 February 2026 (Max 216 days)- Type of contract: Daily Fee- Daily Fee: USD 400- 500/day, depending on experience- Contract type: Full time/ Exclusive**PROJECT BACKGROUND**:The Paris Agreement provides a comprehensive framework for signatory Parties to reach an ambitious commitment to limit the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C, and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5°C in a cooperative manner. This framework covers instruments including cooperative approaches under Article 6 which allows signatory countries (and private sector entities authorized by these countries) to engage in international carbon transactions.The Carbon Pricing Unit (CPU) of GGGI is a global leader in Article 6 international carbon trading technical assistance, implementing multiple programs since 2019 related to preparing and supporting countries in trading, opening up international carbon markets. The resultant flow of transactions is envisaged to build a robust and reliable global price for carbon, something many areas of the private sector have long called for as a way to motivate the transformational change needed to achieve the ambitious goals of Paris.The GGGI Carbon Pricing team is a global team with a vision to open up Article 6-aligned carbon markets, providing countries access to funding needed to implement their green growth paths and economic efficiencies that markets enable, helping in the efforts to meet the global climate goals. We believe in excellence in our delivery and aligning to the highest levels of environmental integrity; our track record has enabled us to become a global leader in this space. We are a diverse and participatory team that believes in a culture of growth. Our goal is to drive delivery of first to market transactions and to scale these by supporting our growing number of members and partner countries to access international Article 6-aligned carbon markets.The Carbon Transaction Facility (CTF) was launched in October 2024 and is the main delivery vehicle for GGGI’s Article 6 support to its’ member and partner countries. It is a collection of single and multi-donor funds aimed at further developing and scaling up Article 6-based carbon markets. The CTF will not only support the readiness of countries to participate in Article 6 cooperative approaches through a learning by doing approach but also enable transactions of Article 6 compliant mitigation outcomes, also known as ITMOs. GGGI will act as fund manager for all trust funds within the CTF. CTF participants are sovereign parties looking to support potential seller countries in readiness. Several fund participants also seek to purchase ITMOs for meeting their own NDC or for higher ambition purposes such as national carbon neutrality targets. In addition to CTF activities, CPU offers expert support to the Green Growth Policy and Implementation (GGPI) division in their earmarked projects that promote Article 6-aligned carbon market participation.**OBJECTIVES OF THE ASSIGNMENT**:GGGI is seeking an Article 6 Carbon Advisor to provide expert level support to GGGI’s Carbon Pricing current and developing projects across the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. S/he will provide technical expertise to the project focals based in country, and to the LAC GGGI Country Program Leads for developing projects.As the regional carbon advisor, the prime objective will be to support successful project delivery across all the LAC GGGI countries implementing carbon pricing projects. S/he will achieve this through regular guidance to the project focals in country, supporting them with technical expertise which may need to be in either written form or via discussion, including joining GGGI in discussions with governments when requested. Travel will be required to the project countries in order to support capacity building and knowledge sharing events and meetings. Further to the current projects, technical specialist support will be needed by the GGGI Country Program Leads to provide input to assessments and proposals being prepared for the Carbon Transaction Facility, also to assist in the identification of needs in countries and conducting capacity building and knowledge sharing for internal and external counterparts.Specifically, the types of activities that may be undertaken in any country under a GGGI Carbon Pricing project could include:1) Article 6 Governance Support- Awareness Raising: Targeted awareness-raising initiatives on Article 6, its benefits, an