Local stakeholder consultation examined in India and Mexico

The document argues that local stakeholder consultations for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in India and Mexico are frequently inadequate or falsified due to a lack of clear guidelines and oversight. In India, project proponents often omit meeting details from public notices, provide documents in English that are inaccessible to impoverished villagers, and produce reports that omit unfavorable comments. The author provides case studies from Gujarat involving a solar project and a biogas project to illustrate how villagers were excluded or ignored. To improve transparency and sustainable development, the document recommends mandatory videography of consultations, publishing notices in local languages and multiple newspapers, and ensuring the public is informed about their 2% share of carbon credit sales.

• Local stakeholder consultations for CDM projects in India and Mexico are often insufficient or falsified because there are no specific regulations or guidelines to ensure they are conducted properly.
• In India, project proponents frequently use tactics to prevent local participation, such as omitting venue, time, or contact details from public notices and providing executive summaries in English that are incomprehensible to local villagers.
• Reports on public consultations are often biased, containing only positive remarks and omitting any unfavorable comments, which then serve as the basis for granting carbon credits.
• Case studies in Gujarat demonstrate specific failures: in one solar project in Fatepura, villagers were denied the PDD and asked to leave the meeting; in a biogas project in Ahmedabad, the public notice lacked a venue and contact person, and only company employees attended the 30-minute consultation.
• To ensure transparency and the 'development and protection for all', the author proposes several reforms, including mandatory videography of consultations, publishing notices in at least two newspapers (one local), and communicating the 2% share clause for villagers from carbon credit sales.

APA

Joshi, F. (2012). Local stakeholder consultation examined in India and Mexico. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2012/08/27/local-stakeholder-consultation-examined-in-india-and-mexico-watch-this-2/

Chicago

Joshi, Falguni. Local stakeholder consultation examined in India and Mexico. Carbon Market Watch, 2012. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2012/08/27/local-stakeholder-consultation-examined-in-india-and-mexico-watch-this-2/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Joshi |first1=Falguni |title=Local stakeholder consultation examined in India and Mexico |publisher=Carbon Market Watch |date=27 August 2012 |url=https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2012/08/27/local-stakeholder-consultation-examined-in-india-and-mexico-watch-this-2/ |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{joshi2012local, author = {Joshi, Falguni}, title = {{Local stakeholder consultation examined in India and Mexico}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2012}, month = aug, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/2012/08/27/local-stakeholder-consultation-examined-in-india-and-mexico-watch-this-2/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }