Letter from MEPs to the CDM Board on the Santa Rita hydroelectric plant project

A letter from MEPs to the CDM Board regarding the Santa Rita hydroelectric plant project in Guatemala, citing severe human rights abuses and a lack of local stakeholder consultation.

• The Santa Rita Hydroelectric Plant in Guatemala (CDM project number 9713), registered in June 2014, is allegedly linked to a violent conflict resulting from a failure to consult local indigenous communities according to CDM requirements.
• Reports of violence associated with the project since 2010 include the deaths of 7 people, including two children, 70 civilian injuries, 30 illegal arrests, and the burning of 30 houses.
• The CDM currently lacks a compliance or grievance mechanism to address violations of national or international obligations, which the MEPs argue contradicts the 2010 Cancun decision that climate change-related actions must fully respect Human Rights.
• The MEPs call on the CDM Board to initiate its own investigation and engage with other investigating bodies, including the IFC's Compliance Advisory Ombudsman (CAO) and finance institutions such as DEG, FMO, and AECID.

APA

Corrao, I., Evi, E., Hautala, H., & Leinen, J. (2015). Letter from MEPs to the CDM Board on the Santa Rita hydroelectric plant project. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/open-letter-from-meps-to-the-cdm-board-on-the-santa-rita-hydroelectric-plant-project/

Chicago

Corrao, Ignazio, Eleonora Evi, Heidi Hautala, and Jo Leinen. Letter from MEPs to the CDM Board on the Santa Rita hydroelectric plant project. Carbon Market Watch, 2015. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/open-letter-from-meps-to-the-cdm-board-on-the-santa-rita-hydroelectric-plant-project/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{corrao2015letter, author = {Corrao, Ignazio and Evi, Eleonora and Hautala, Heidi and Leinen, Jo}, title = {{Letter from MEPs to the CDM Board on the Santa Rita hydroelectric plant project}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2015}, month = may, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/open-letter-from-meps-to-the-cdm-board-on-the-santa-rita-hydroelectric-plant-project/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }