Un enfoque sobre las finanzas climáticas basado en los derechos humanos

The policy paper advocates for a human rights-based approach to climate finance, emphasizing that mitigation and adaptation measures must not violate human rights. It evaluates existing mechanisms—the Global Environment Facility (GEF), REDD+, and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)—finding that while some integrate social safeguards, others lack transparency and accountability. The authors propose a comprehensive institutional safeguard system for the Green Climate Fund (GCF), including mandatory social and environmental policies, independent monitoring, and a robust grievance mechanism based on international standards.

• A human rights-based approach to climate finance ensures that rights considerations are integrated into the development, implementation, and monitoring of institutions, such as the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
• The authors identify several guiding principles for climate finance: consistency with international human rights obligations, a 'Do No Harm' approach, transparency, accountability, public participation in decision-making, and equality and non-discrimination.
• The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has made progress by adopting social and environmental safeguard policies in November 2011 and a Gender Mainstreaming Policy to ensure equal treatment of men and women.
• The GEF requires implementing agencies to follow Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) standards for projects in countries that have ratified ILO Convention 169.
• REDD+ initiatives, specifically the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and UN-REDD, have different approaches; the FCPF uses a 'Do No Harm' approach while UN-REDD generally follows a rights-based approach.
• The FCPF's 'Common Approach' to safeguards is criticized for not fully reflecting current human rights obligations, as the World Bank's indigenous peoples policy has not been updated since the adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
• The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is found to be the least protective, lacking international 'Do No Harm' standards or safeguard policies, relying instead on vague national sustainable development criteria.
• The CDM lacks a compensation or reparation mechanism for individuals or communities harmed by projects, although an appeals procedure was requested by Kyoto Protocol parties in December 2009.
• For the Green Climate Fund (GCF), the authors recommend a safeguard system that includes the prevention of forced evictions, respect for the rights of indigenous peoples (including FPIC), and the creation of an 'excluded investment list'.
• The GCF is urged to establish a robust grievance mechanism based on principles of effectiveness, legitimacy, accessibility, predictability, equality, transparency, rights compatibility, and participation.

APA

Johl, A., & Lador, Y. (2012). Un enfoque sobre las finanzas climáticas basado en los derechos humanos. Center for International Environmental Law. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ClimateFinance_Feb2012_Espanol.pdf

Chicago

Johl, Alyssa, and Yves Lador. Un enfoque sobre las finanzas climáticas basado en los derechos humanos. Center for International Environmental Law, 2012. https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ClimateFinance_Feb2012_Espanol.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{johl2012enfoque, author = {Johl, Alyssa and Lador, Yves}, title = {{Un enfoque sobre las finanzas climáticas basado en los derechos humanos}}, institution = {Center for International Environmental Law}, year = {2012}, month = apr, url = {https://www.ciel.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ClimateFinance_Feb2012_Espanol.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }