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
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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The lengthened and stony road to Glasgow
A reminder of the tricky issues of agreement on global carbon market rules in the context of ratcheting up climate ambition Raising ambition is the primordial task for governments ahead of and at the next UN climate conference. But it will also be essential to finally agree on the rules that will govern global carbon …
Paris forges momentum towards enduring climate action
Paris, 12 December 2015 – Today, at the UN climate talks in Paris a global deal where all countries have agreed to take action on climate change was adopted. Carbon Market Watch comments on the long-term goal, the ambition ratcheting mechanism, provisions for the use of markets, the establishment of a new mechanism, human rights provisions, bunker emissions, pre-2020 action and the impact of the Paris treaty on EU’s climate policies.
WATCH THIS! NGO Newsletter #13: A glimpse at the future of carbon markets
Scroll down for French and Spanish As we are approaching the Paris climate negotiations, several major discussion items remain at the centre stage of the discussion, such as how to design the ambition mechanism, how to accelerate finance, and what role will loss & damage play. However, since the latest Bonn negotiations, several proposals regarding …
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WATCH THIS! NGO Newsletter #13: Why Paris needs to deliver strong human rights language in the core agreement
Scroll down for French and Spanish Climate change exacerbates global injustice for present and future generations, and poses one of the greatest human rights challenges of our time. In order to deliver for the most vulnerable and marginalized people in the world, Paris must include a strong recognition of human rights in the operative text …
New policy brief compares accountability mechanisms of the UNFCCC’s climate instruments
As countries are streamlining the negotiating text that is to be adopted in Paris later this year, one key issue is how to ensure that the climate treaty sufficiently incorporates human rights.. A new policy brief released by Carbon Market Watch compares the social and environmental accountability of existing climate finance instruments and underlines the need for strong human rights language in the Paris agreement.
New study adds pressure on UN climate talks to address hot air carbon credits
Brussels, 24 August. A new study by the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) finds that bogus carbon offsets issued under the Kyoto Protocols’ Joint Implementation (JI) offsetting mechanism to date have increased global emissions by 600 million tonnes CO2 to date. The study come timely as countries gear up for the next round of UN talks next week in Germany; they will need to work to ensure the new Paris climate treaty is not undermined, as Kyoto was, by hot air carbon credits.
