Carbon Market Watch’s recommendations to the Government of Zambia Statutory Instrument, Carbon Market Regulations 2025

Carbon Market Watch recommends that Zambia's 2025 Carbon Market Regulations include more robust quantitative criteria for greenhouse gas uncertainty, mandatory independent grievance processes, and a minimum activity longevity of 100 years for land-use projects to ensure climate-relevant timescales. The organization also advocates for mandatory benefit-sharing for all activities affecting local communities and the adoption of high-quality methodology labels, such as Article 6.4 or ICVCM's CCP, over CDM or VCS standards.

• The current draft regulations lack sufficient quantitative criteria for estimating greenhouse gas uncertainties and the subsequent actions needed to minimize or account for them.
• Carbon Market Watch argues that the proposed 40-year minimum activity longevity for Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) activities is insufficient and should be aligned with science-based timescales of at least 100 years.
• The document recommends replacing the use of CDM and VCS methodologies and tools with more robust quality labels, specifically Article 6.4 approved methodologies or those with the ICVCM’s CCP label.
• To protect local communities and indigenous peoples, the organization suggests that benefit sharing be mandatory for all activities using community land or resources, regardless of whether the communities directly participate.
• The recommendations emphasize that an independent, accessible, and effective grievance process must be a mandatory requirement for all projects to prevent and address negative impacts, rather than being optional.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2025). Carbon Market Watch’s recommendations to the Government of Zambia Statutory Instrument, Carbon Market Regulations 2025. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/06-25-Zambian-carbon-market-regulation-input.pdf

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Carbon Market Watch’s recommendations to the Government of Zambia Statutory Instrument, Carbon Market Regulations 2025. 2025. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/06-25-Zambian-carbon-market-regulation-input.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatch2025carbon, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Carbon Market Watch’s recommendations to the Government of Zambia Statutory Instrument, Carbon Market Regulations 2025}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2025}, month = jul, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/06-25-Zambian-carbon-market-regulation-input.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }