Definition of additionality in English English dictionary
Net positive difference that results from economic development intervention. The extent to which an activity (and associated outputs, outcomes and impacts) is larger in scale, at a higher quality, takes place quicker, takes place at a different location, or takes place at all as a result of intervention. Additionality measures the net result, taking account of deadweight, leakage, displacement, substitution and economic multipliers.Scottish Enterprise (2007) Scottish Enterprise Economic Impact Assessment Guidance, Version 1.0, Scottish Enterprise: Glasgow
Net positive difference that results from economic development intervention. The extent to which an activity (and associated outputs, outcomes and impacts) is larger in scale, at a higher quality, takes place quicker, takes place at a different location, or takes place at all as a result of intervention. Additionality measures the net result, taking account of deadweight, leakage, displacement, substitution and economic multipliers
Clause in a countertrade contract prescribing that a primary supplier's countertrade obligation can be fulfilled only by incremental exports above achieved trade levels to traditional markets, or by exports to new markets
The extent to which an intervention adds to, rather than replaces, other inputs (financial additionality); or the extent to which a programme results in more economic activity than would have been the case without the programme (economic additionality)
Clause in a counter trade contract prescribing that a primary supplier's counter trade obligation can be fulfilled only by incremental exports above achieved trade levels to traditional markets, or by exports to new markets
A requirement of the Clean Development Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol that the emission reductions associated with a greenhouse gas mitigation project exceed those that would have occurred in the absence of the project
The requirement that greenhouse gas emissions reduction or sequestration in a Joint Implementation or Clean Development Mechanism project occurs over and above the baseline and constitutes a new reduction that would not have otherwise occurred without the existence of the project
Emission reductions over and above the general trend or "Business as usual" scenario