International Carbon Action Partnership (ICAP)

ICAP encompasses ETS from various government levels: regional, national and sub-national (states, provinces, cities).

Launched on October 29, 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal, by leaders of more than 15 governments, the partnership now counts 33 full members and 5 observers.

Europe

EU ETS: Denmark; European Commission; France; Germany; Greece
Ireland; Italy; Netherlands; Portugal; Spain
Sweden; United Kingdom; Norway
Swiss ETS: Switzerland

North America

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Members (RGGI): Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; New York; Vermont
Western Climate Initiative Members (WCI): British Columbia; California; Manitoba
Nova Scotia; Ontario; Québec
: Arizona
New Jersey; New Mexico
Oregon; Washington

Asia Pacific

Australia

Observers

Governance
Members and observers form the ICAP Plenary and regularly meet in person. In addition, the ICAP Steering Committee composed of representatives of the members decides on strategic and practical issues related to the implementation of the ICAP Work Program.
The day-to-day implementation work is supported by the ICAP Secretariat based in Berlin, Germany, under the guidance of the ICAP Co-Chairs and the Steering Committee.
- ICAP Governance Framework Download

ICAP-News Sep 16, 2021

ICAP-News Aug 19, 2021

ICAP-News Jun 22, 2021

ICAP-News May 31, 2021

ICAP-News May 4, 2021

Join the Partnership
ICAP membership is open to all public authorities and governments that have established or are actively pursuing carbon markets through mandatory cap and trade systems with absolute caps as one approach for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

ICAP also welcomes applications for observer status from other public authorities and governments from around the world which are interested in carbon markets and in the development of cap and trade systems for tackling greenhouse gas emissions.

Public authorities and governments interested in becoming a member or observer of ICAP are invited to contact us for further details on the application process and requirements.