Assigned Amount Unit

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An Assigned Amount Unit is a tradable emission credit representing a country’s permitted greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol’s cap-and-trade system.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Assigned Amount Unit canonical 1
Assigned Amount Units 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Kyoto Protocol unit ⓘ
carbon credit ⓘ
emissions allowance ⓘ
allocatedFrom assigned amount ⓘ
appliesToPeriod 2008–2012 commitment period ⓘ
Kyoto Protocol first commitment period ⓘ
associatedWith sovereign allocation ⓘ
state-level climate obligations ⓘ
canBeBanked subject to Kyoto rules ⓘ
canBeConvertedTo other Kyoto units under certain conditions ⓘ
canBeTradedBetween Annex I Parties ⓘ
canBeTransferred via registry-to-registry electronic transactions ⓘ
category market-based climate policy instrument ⓘ
complianceUse surrendered to cover verified emissions ⓘ
definedIn Kyoto Protocol ⓘ
denominatedIn tonnes of CO2 equivalent ⓘ
distinguishedFrom EU Allowance ⓘ
voluntary carbon offsets ⓘ
governedBy Kyoto Protocol Marrakesh Accords ⓘ
linked to: Kyoto Protocol
governsGasBasket six Kyoto greenhouse gases ⓘ
hasAbbreviation AAU ⓘ
hasHolder authorized private entities in some systems ⓘ
national governments ⓘ
hasLegalNature intangible asset in many jurisdictions ⓘ
hasQuantity one metric tonne of CO2 equivalent ⓘ
hasScope economy-wide national emissions ⓘ
introducedBy Kyoto Protocol Article 3 ⓘ
linked to: Kyoto Protocol
isTradable true ⓘ
marketRole primary unit for Annex I emissions budgets ⓘ
purpose to enable international emissions trading ⓘ
to operationalize national emission caps ⓘ
recordedIn international transaction log ⓘ
national registries ⓘ
regulatedBy UNFCCC ⓘ
relatedTo emissions trading ⓘ
flexible mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol ⓘ
national emissions cap ⓘ
relatedUnit Certified Emission Reduction ⓘ
Emission Reduction Unit ⓘ
Removal Unit ⓘ
represents permitted greenhouse gas emissions ⓘ
subjectTo accounting and reporting rules under UNFCCC ⓘ
eligibility requirements for emissions trading ⓘ
supplementarity principle under Kyoto Protocol ⓘ
usedBy Annex I Parties ⓘ
industrialized countries ⓘ
usedFor compliance with Kyoto Protocol emission targets ⓘ
usedInMechanism Kyoto Protocol cap-and-trade system ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kyoto Protocol → usesUnit → Assigned Amount Unit ⓘ
International Emissions Trading → usesUnit → Assigned Amount Units ⓘ
linked to: Assigned Amount Unit