November 7, 2022
Sharm El-Sheik — Following COP26, the Article 6 Supervisory Body had two tasks: develop methodologies for the overall carbon market mechanism, and second provide recommendations related to the removals. During the opening days of COP27, the Supervisory Body proposal, Removal activities under the Article 6.4 mechanism was released.
Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) Senior Attorney Erika Lennon issued the following statement:
“The Article 6.4 Supervisory Body released recommendations that potentially throw open the door to geoengineering schemes that risk undermining the integrity of the Paris Agreement and setting the world on a course to blow past 1.5°C. Betting on these activities will delay the much-needed climate action necessary to present catastrophe and impact human rights. The science is clear: We need urgent reductions, not some far-off scheme that won’t make a dent in emissions. So rather than push through a document that potentially opens the door to a host of issues, they should be sent back to the drawing board and focus on what will help meet the present crisis.”
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For more information, please see this brief by the Hands off Mother Earth Campaign: UNFCCC Article 6.4: No to legitimizing geoengineering and land-based offsets