CMW inputs on emission avoidance under Article 6.4
Carbon Market Watch (CMW) welcomes the opportunity to comment on activities involving removals. We encourage both SBSTA and the 6.4 Supervisory Body to continue inviting
Carbon Market Watch (CMW) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the independent grievance process in Article 6.4 (Decision3/CMA3, annex, chapter V.L, paragraph 62), following the
This study assesses the effectiveness of carbon market grievance mechanisms of leading voluntary carbon market standards. While most voluntary carbon market standards have grievance mechanisms in place, most of them are opaque and do not properly describe their procedures.
The standards bodies operating in the voluntary carbon market must ensure that climate projects take the rights and concerns of local and indigenous communities into
Regrettably, the European Commission’s proposed Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) falls short of this potential. It needs major changes if this framework is to become an effective tool for climate action. This document sets out Carbon Market Watch’s series of recommendations and suggestions for the original text.
As the climate crisis intensifies, EU legislators are working on updating the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (UCPD) and the Consumer Rights Directive (CRD) to better
The Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor evaluates the transparency and integrity of companies’ climate pledges.
Regulators must act to protect people from false corporate green claims and to ensure that only true climate leaders are able to claim that mantle. If this is not appropriately addressed, people will continue to be misled by false climate claims and they will effectively be denied the opportunity to decarbonise their consumption and/or investment and play their part in limiting global warming to 1.5°C. Thus, it is imperative that policymakers, both at the EU and global levels, urgently act to remedy this pervasive problem of greenwashing.
This document sets out a series of recommendations to combat corporate greenwashing.
The purchase of carbon credits through the voluntary carbon market is widely considered to be an effective way to channel finance towards climate action. However,
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