This is Carbon Market Watch’s submission to the Article 6.4 mechanism of the Paris Agreement’s draft methodology on energy efficiency measures in household cooking.
This submission is in response to a call for input from the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body for the for its ‘Draft Methodological tool: Fraction of non-renewable biomass’.
CMW responded to the call for input ahead of the 21st meeting of the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body, specifically on the document “Draft tool: Article 6.4 sustainable development tool”.
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.
CMW responded to the call for input on the documents from the 12th meeting of the Methodological Expert Panel of the Article 6.4 mechanism, specifically on the document “Draft mechanism methodology: Electricity generation from renewable sources connected to electricity system”.
Instead of listening to its own technical experts and scientific evidence, the body overseeing the UN carbon crediting mechanism has chosen to side with market players after intense lobbying efforts.
Carbon Market Watch submitted input on the ‘Draft Standard: Addressing non-permanence/reversals‘. This draft standard has been written by the Methodological Expert Panel (MEP) of the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism, and was up for public consultation from 15 July to 4 August 2025. This draft standard aims to address the more detailed requirements for any Article …
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The EU’s latest Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) methodologies continue to set a much lower standard than the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism and best practice in the voluntary carbon market, reveals a new analysis commissioned by Carbon Market Watch and carried out by Öko-Institut.
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