This submission outlines Carbon Market Watch’s recommendations to the Supervisory Body. We recognise that a lot of work has gone into this new version of the draft. Nevertheless, a tool for environmental and social safeguards cannot be accepted when it is merely going in the right direction: it must be a tool that delivers truly robust safeguards. A week-long call for input on a 91-page document is not enough time to provide meaningful and detailed feedback, especially for those the tool is designed to safeguard. CMW urges the Supervisory Body to hold a structured consultation of at least one month before proceeding with the next iteration of the tool.
Complaint: Verra’s non-compliance with Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) grievance mechanism rules
Carbon Market Watch filed this complaint with the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) to flag that Verra’s “review” of Human Rights Watch’s grievance