A tick the box exercise? What the first Article 6.2 review tells us about transparency and accountability
Weak transparency rules and the limited mandate of reviewers undermine Article 6.2 review process
ICVCM hits on promising recipe for cookstoves methodologies
The decision by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) to withhold its stamp of approval from the most problematic cookstove methodologies and to approve a good methodology is a welcome step in the right direction but more needs to be done.
COP29: Complex Article 6 rules pave way to unruly carbon markets
Despite the best efforts of activists and some climate negotiators, the agreement reached on Article 6 carbon markets at COP29 in Baku risks facilitating cowboy carbon markets at a time when the world needs a sheriff.
Carbon Market Watch recommendations to the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body: sustainable development tool
The Article 6.4 Supervisory Body aims to adopt the sustainable development (SD) tool at its next meeting in September/October. This tool is the main instrument to safeguard environmental, ecological and human rights, including the rights of Indigenous People.
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
As the line increasingly blurs between UN REDD+ and Article 6.2 carbon markets, this briefing sets the record straight. This comparison demonstrates that these two systems do not serve the same purpose and do not have comparable quality requirements. Urgent finance is needed for forest conservation, but Article 6.2 carbon markets are not the way.
Carbon Market Watch’s recommendations to Article 6 negotiators at SBSTA 60
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).
Submission to the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body on the appeal and grievance processes
This submission outlines Carbon Market Watch’s recommendations to the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body, as well as a comparison of the Independent Redress Mechanism of the Green Climate Fund with the current draft appeal and grievance processes.
UN must get the fine print right on global carbon market
To ensure that the new carbon market under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement benefits the climate and society, the supervisory authority set up to govern it must get the rules absolutely right. That is why Carbon Market Watch submitted a set of recommendations.
