Ambition reality check for the Article 6.2 Titanic
We couldn’t agree more with one of the Article 6 negotiators: the negotiations on Article 6.2 are like being on the Titanic
False friends: Why UN REDD+ and Article 6 carbon markets are incompatible
Carbon Market Watch has prepared a set of recommendations for Article 6 negotiators ahead of the UNFCCC climate change conference taking place in Bonn from 3-13 June 2024 (SB 60).
Penetrating the technical fog clouding Article 6 carbon markets
Following the technical deadlock and glacial pace of progress at the Bonn climate conference, negotiators need to get their act together before COP28. Climate commitments should shape the further development of carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, otherwise the environment and society will lose out.
Devil in the details at 2023 Bonn climate conference
If the country-to-country carbon market established under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement is to have any credibility, negotiators meeting at the UN intersessional climate conference in Bonn must agree on the fine print that prevents double counting, abandons secrecy and promotes accountability.
Recommendations for the key topics under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
Prepared for the Bonn Climate Change Conference 5-15 June 2023 Carbon Market Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the discussions on matters relating to Article 6.2 (plus one in 6.4) of the Paris Agreement ahead of the UNFCCC’s 58th session of the subsidiary bodies. Sequencing and timing ● A step-wise process consisting of clearly …
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SB42 – Bonn Negotiation
Carbon Market Watch will be closely following the UNFCCC negotiations from Bonn, Germany. The Bonn UNFCCC session kicks off real negotiations on the text agreed in Geneva in February. Those elements of the text that are agreed by Parties will become parts of the Paris Protocol, which should be completed in December this year. The …
