Atelier pour la Société civile sur l’impact des politiques climatiques “post Accord de Paris” sur le Développement durable 11 & 12 Octobre 2016, Dakar

The document details a two-day workshop held in October 2016 in Dakar, Senegal, involving over 25 participants from seven West African countries. It examines the implications of the Paris Agreement, specifically Article 6 and carbon markets, while highlighting the failures of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and the challenges of accessing the Green Climate Fund. The workshop concluded with the 'Dakar Declaration,' which provides six specific recommendations for West African negotiators at COP22 to ensure the new sustainable development mechanism prioritises human rights, the least developed countries, and a shift from market-based offsets to climate finance.

• The Paris Agreement is described as balanced but lacking concrete details on how to achieve its ambitious goals, specifically regarding the delivery of 100 billion dollars per year and the distribution between adaptation and mitigation.
• The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is criticised for its geographical imbalance, lack of environmental integrity, and failure to benefit sustainable development, citing negative social and environmental impacts in projects such as the Barro Blanco hydroelectric project in Panama and the Sasan coal plant in India.
• Accessing the Green Climate Fund is hindered by complex institutional requirements, such as the need for an accredited National Implementing Entity (NIE) and the lack of capacity in least developed countries to meet financial and administrative management standards.
• There is a perceived imbalance in climate action where adaptation is neglected in favour of mitigation, despite the official recognition that both are equally important.
• National Designated Authorities (NDAs) are often criticised for a lack of transparency, with information and decision-making power frequently concentrated in a single individual rather than being institutionalised.
• The Dakar Declaration recommends that the new mechanism under Article 6.4 should transition from a market-based offset logic to a climate finance logic focused on impact, where emission reduction credits are cancelled and funding is counted toward international financial commitments.
• The Dakar Declaration calls for the Article 6.4 mechanism to prioritise the most vulnerable, specifically Least Developed Countries and small island states, and to include a grievance mechanism to protect human rights.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2016). Atelier pour la Société civile sur l’impact des politiques climatiques “post Accord de Paris” sur le Développement durable 11 & 12 Octobre 2016, Dakar. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Rapport_Atelier_Senegal_2016.pdf

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. Atelier pour la Société civile sur l’impact des politiques climatiques “post Accord de Paris” sur le Développement durable 11 & 12 Octobre 2016, Dakar. 2016. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Rapport_Atelier_Senegal_2016.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{carbonmarketwatch2016atelier, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{Atelier pour la Société civile sur l’impact des politiques climatiques “post Accord de Paris” sur le Développement durable 11 \& 12 Octobre 2016, Dakar}}, institution = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2016}, month = oct, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Rapport_Atelier_Senegal_2016.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }