The Paris Agreement Article 6.4 carbon market is meant to protect the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities. However, the Sustainable Development (SD) Tool meant to offer this defence is not fit for purpose, according to the findings of this joint investigation carried out by the Land Matrix Initiative and Carbon Market Watch.
A tool that aims to promote and safeguard sustainable development under the UN carbon market offers indigenous peoples and local communities little protection against projects which infringe on their land or violate their human rights. This was the disturbing finding of a joint investigation by Carbon Market Watch and the Land Matrix Initiative.
Human rights violations committed against the Chong people in Cambodia are indicative of a wider malaise afflicting carbon crediting projects. Not only must the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities be safeguarded, they must also profit from fair benefit sharing arrangements.
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