Un partage équitable du marché volontaire du carbone?

The document analyzes the lack of standardized rules for benefit-sharing agreements (BSAs) in the voluntary carbon market, finding that most carbon standards and projects fail to provide evidence of equitable benefit distribution to indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs).

• Most carbon standards lack formal requirements for benefit-sharing agreements. Of the five selected standards reviewed, only two (American Carbon Registry and Plan Vivo) mention "benefit-sharing agreements" in their standard documents, and Plan Vivo is the only one that explicitly requires a "benefit-sharing mechanism."
• Evidence of benefit-sharing with stakeholders other than project implementers is extremely rare. Out of 47 projects examined, only 15 mentioned BSAs in their design documents, and of those 15, only four provided evidence of sharing benefits with parties other than the project implementers.
• There is a critical confusion between benefit-sharing and payments for results (such as payments for ecosystem services). The report argues that payments for results are akin to wages for work performed and should not be considered equivalent to the sharing of profits generated from carbon credit sales.
• Major voluntary carbon market standards have resisted mandatory benefit-sharing rules. CAR, ACR, and VCS rejected mandatory BSAs, citing concerns over confidential information and a lack of expertise or capacity to manage such agreements.
• The absence of a standardized definition for "benefits" leads to poor implementation and potential misuse. This lack of clarity often results in the interchangeable use of "co-benefits" (sustainable development benefits from project implementation) and "benefits" (monetary or non-monetary gains from credit sales), which may disadvantage indigenous peoples and local communities.

APA

Otis, L., & Dufrasne, G. (2023). Un partage équitable du marché volontaire du carbone? Carbon Market Watch. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CMW_policy_briefing_benefit_sharing_2023_11_fre.pdf

Chicago

Otis, Lindsay, and Gilles Dufrasne. Un partage équitable du marché volontaire du carbone? Carbon Market Watch, 2023. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CMW_policy_briefing_benefit_sharing_2023_11_fre.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{otis2023partage, author = {Otis, Lindsay and Dufrasne, Gilles}, title = {{Un partage équitable du marché volontaire du carbone?}}, institution = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2023}, month = nov, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CMW_policy_briefing_benefit_sharing_2023_11_fre.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }