Open letter to Ministers and delegates of UNFCCC Parties

The document is an open letter signed by 87 civil society networks and organisations from 33 countries. It calls on UNFCCC delegates at COP-19 to ensure ambitious mitigation commitments to maintain a temperature limit of 2°C and to prevent carbon market mechanisms from weakening these goals. Specifically, the signatories demand the rejection of a pilot phase for trading carbon market units under the Framework for Various Approaches (FVA), the establishment of an international accounting framework to prevent double counting, and the exclusion of non-additional project types, such as large power projects and coal power, from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI). The letter also advocates for the cessation of fossil fuel subsidies and the implementation of human rights safeguards for projects under the CDM, Green Climate Fund, and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs).

• The signatories call for the establishment of an international accounting framework to prevent double counting and ensure net atmospheric benefits are achieved.
• The letter urges the rejection of a pilot phase for trading carbon market units under the Framework for Various Approaches (FVA) to protect the post-2020 climate regime.
• The document demands that non-additional project types, specifically large power projects and coal power, be excluded from the Kyoto Protocol's flexible mechanisms, including the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Joint Implementation (JI).
• The signatories request the implementation of human rights safeguards for climate mitigation projects carried out under the Green Climate Fund, NAMAs, the CDM, or future carbon markets.
• The letter calls for an end to the subsidisation of fossil fuels.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2013). Open letter to Ministers and delegates of UNFCCC Parties. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Open_letter_COP19_english2.pdf

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Open letter to Ministers and delegates of UNFCCC Parties. 2013. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Open_letter_COP19_english2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{carbonmarketwatch2013open, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Open letter to Ministers and delegates of UNFCCC Parties}}, publisher = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2013}, month = nov, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Open_letter_COP19_english2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }