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Level 1 · Pillar guide 05·UAE FDL 11 / 2024 · Disclosure guides

Governance, carbon credits and defensible claims

Article 9 lets the Cabinet create climate boards at State level; it does not say who inside a company signs the numbers off, and a registered credit is not a licence to call the business carbon neutral. These two guides settle accountability and the discipline behind a public claim.

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10 Aug 2026

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UAE Carbon Credits: Project Registration, Baselines, Additionality and Verification

Explainer · 14 min
UAE Climate Governance: Board, CFO, HSE, Legal and the Question of a Climate Committee

Explainer · 11 min
UAE Climate Law and Paris Agreement Article 6 What Companies Need to Know

Separate domestic MRV, domestic credit registry and Paris Article 6 layers.

Explainer · 5 min
Double Counting in UAE Carbon Markets Issuance Use Claims and NDC Accounting

Show the control chain and four distinct double-counting risks.

Explainer · 7 min
Article 6 Designation Explained: When UAE MRV Duties Attach to a Source

How to evidence MOCCAE or competent-authority determination, interpret notices and lists, and act when formal designation is unclear

Explainer · 6 min
Five-Year Data Retention Under Article 6: What Records Should Companies Keep?

The legal floor is a rolling five-year record of measured emission quantities. A defensible company archive goes further by retaining the evidence …

Explainer · 11 min
UAE Climate Law Board and CFO Briefing: Ten Decisions to Make Now

A governance briefing on designation watch, resources, boundaries, methods, verification, mitigation, adaptation, carbon credits, controls, claims and regulator engagement

Explainer · 11 min
UAE Emission-Reduction Plan: Actions, KPIs, Evidence and Board Oversight

How to turn Article 4 mitigation methods into a controlled plan with baselines, targets, owners, capital allocation, performance evidence and transparent treatment …

Explainer · 11 min
First UAE MRV Reporting Cycle: legal route, boundaries, facilities, methods, data controls, dry runs, verification, board approval and filing

A month-by-month sequence from legal review and source mapping to methods, data, controls, verification, plans, board approval, filing and regulatory change control

Explainer · 11 min
UAE National Register for Carbon Credits: Who Must Register and What It Records

Explainer · 9 min
UAE Climate Neutrality Pathway and Corporate Targets: How to Align Without Overclaiming

A practical guide to national and sector pathways, NDC context, corporate boundaries, growth, milestones and governance

Explainer · 16 min
How to Choose a UAE GHG Verifier: Accreditation, Competence and Conflicts of Interest

A practical RFP guide to verification purpose, ISO accreditation, sector competence, independence, geographic coverage, timing, fees and conflict checks

Decision guide · 12 min

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