Carbon Market Watch COP19 Analysis

The COP19 analysis by Carbon Market Watch describes the conference as demoralizing due to the influence of corporate interests and the lowering of climate targets by countries like Japan. While the conference established a mechanism for loss and damage and made progress on REDD+ safeguards and funding, it failed to reach decisions on future carbon markets, the Framework for Various Approaches (FVA), or the New Market Mechanism (NMM). The document also notes that reforms to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) were largely postponed, though some guidance on stakeholder consultation for the CDM was improved.

• The conference failed to establish future carbon markets, postponing decisions on the Framework for Various Approaches (FVA) and the New Market Mechanism (NMM) to June 2014 due to distrust and disagreement over the intentions of countries advocating for trading platforms.
• Progress was made on REDD+ through the decision to implement mandatory environmental and human rights safeguards via a monitoring, reporting, and verification system for carbon emissions, with countries pledging US$ 280 million to the framework.
• Regarding climate finance, the Adaptation Fund reached its US$ 100 million goal, and a mechanism to address loss and damage from climate change was agreed upon, but no plan was established to reach the annual US$ 100 billion mobilization goal for 2020.
• The negotiations for the post-2020 climate deal saw a reduction in the strength of requirements for mitigation targets, specifically changing the term "commitments" to "contributions" and removing references to equity.
• Reforms to the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI) were postponed, although the CDM decision included improvements for local stakeholder consultation rules and a monitoring mechanism for sustainable development contributions.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2013). Carbon Market Watch COP19 Analysis. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/carbon-market-watch-cop19-analysis/

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Carbon Market Watch COP19 Analysis. 2013. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/carbon-market-watch-cop19-analysis/.

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BibTeX

@techreport{carbonmarketwatch2013carbon, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Carbon Market Watch COP19 Analysis}}, institution = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2013}, month = dec, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/carbon-market-watch-cop19-analysis/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }