Request to support due implementation of CDM rules re #3237: Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project

Civil society organizations are urging the CDM Executive Board to act against the Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project in Panama. They cite the Panamanian government's temporary suspension of the project due to failures in reaching agreements with indigenous Ngöbe-Buglé communities and breaches of environmental impact assessments. The authors argue that the project's 2011 CDM registration ignored evidence that stakeholder consultation rules were not met and call for the Board to coordinate with financing banks and national authorities to ensure compliance with human rights and CDM standards.

• The Panamanian government temporarily suspended the Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Power Plant on 9 February 2015 because the developer, GENISA, failed to meet national environmental impact assessment requirements and failed to reach an agreement with the affected indigenous Ngöbe-Buglé communities.
• An Independent Complaints Mechanism (ICM) report involving German (DEG) and Dutch (FMO) development banks concluded that these lenders violated their own policies by failing to properly assess environmental risks and indigenous rights before providing a US$50 million loan to GENISA.
• The authors contend that the Barro Blanco project was registered under the CDM in 2011 despite two letters submitted in February and March of that year suggesting that local stakeholder consultation rules had not been satisfied.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2015). Request to support due implementation of CDM rules re #3237: Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Barro-Blanco-16-July-2015-CDM-Board-submission.pdf

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Request to support due implementation of CDM rules re #3237: Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project. 2015. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Barro-Blanco-16-July-2015-CDM-Board-submission.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Carbon Market Watch |title=Request to support due implementation of CDM rules re #3237: Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project |date=16 July 2015 |url=https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Barro-Blanco-16-July-2015-CDM-Board-submission.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatch2015request, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Request to support due implementation of CDM rules re \#3237: Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2015}, month = jul, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Barro-Blanco-16-July-2015-CDM-Board-submission.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }