Letter to the CDM Board by John Knox

UN Special Rapporteur John Knox advocates for the integration of international human rights law into the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), supporting recommendations from 98 civil society organizations to establish an independent accountability mechanism and improve stakeholder consultation to protect vulnerable populations from the adverse effects of climate mitigation measures.

• Human rights obligations apply not only to climate change mitigation and adaptation but also to the specific measures implemented to respond to climate change, including those under the Clean Development Mechanism.
• Climate mitigation and adaptation measures can threaten human rights and become unsustainable if they are implemented without the full and effective participation of the affected individuals and communities.
• The UN Special Rapporteur supports four specific recommendations made by 98 civil society organizations and individuals in a letter dated 9 October 2015: creating an independent accountability mechanism for the CDM, adopting sustainable development safeguards aligned with international human rights law, increasing engagement between the UNFCCC Secretariat and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and improving stakeholder consultation processes.

APA

Knox, J. H. (2015). Letter to the CDM Board by John Knox. Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-the-cdm-board-by-john-knox/

Chicago

Knox, John H. Letter to the CDM Board by John Knox. Carbon Market Watch, 2015. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-the-cdm-board-by-john-knox/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{knox2015letter, author = {Knox, John H.}, title = {{Letter to the CDM Board by John Knox}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2015}, month = oct, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/publications/letter-to-the-cdm-board-by-john-knox/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }