Les marchés du carbone à la CdP25 à Madrid: une menace pour les gens, la politique et la planète

The document critiques carbon markets, specifically 'cap and trade' and 'carbon offsetting', as mechanisms that allow major polluters to avoid reducing emissions at the source. It highlights the failure of the EU ETS and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), noting that global emissions continue to rise. The briefing emphasizes the severe impacts on indigenous peoples and local communities, citing REDD as a driver of land grabbing and forced displacement. It specifically warns against the implementation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which could institutionalize these markets, and calls for a transition to agroecology and a just energy transition instead.

• Carbon markets are characterized as failures that do not reduce global emissions and instead allow wealthy polluters to continue business as usual. The EU ETS is cited as an example where credits were available for as little as 4£, and the European Commission concluded in 2016 that only 2% of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects were likely to be effective.
• Carbon offsetting systems, particularly REDD, are described as forms of 'climate colonialism' that lead to violent forced evictions, land grabbing for industrial monoculture, and the threat of cultural genocide for indigenous peoples and local communities.
• The document argues that carbon markets serve as a dangerous distraction from real solutions, such as a just energy transition away from fossil fuels, the promotion of agroecology, and the protection of indigenous land rights.
• Carbon markets are seen as a tool for large corporations, such as Shell, to maintain their power and profits for another decade while avoiding the obligation to reduce emissions at the source.
• Article 6 of the Paris Agreement is identified as a critical point of contention at COP25, as it could introduce 'international transfer of mitigation outcomes' (ITMOs) and a new sustainable development mechanism that mirrors the failed CDM.
• The California cap-and-trade program is criticized for using the Tropical Forest Standard (TFS) to allocate a third of the world's tropical forests, including parts of the Amazon, to carbon offsetting, which threatens both forests and inhabitants' rights.
• The briefing warns that the CORSIA program for international aviation offsetting, set to become operational in 2023, could accelerate climate chaos due to the rapid increase in aviation emissions.

APA

Cadena, L., Bhatnagar, D., Browne, J., Goldtooth, T., Onodera, Y., Race, M., Raman, M., Saldamando, A., & Shaw, S. (n.d.). Les marchés du carbone à la CdP25 à Madrid: une menace pour les gens, la politique et la planète. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/French-carbon-markets-briefing-OK-LOW.pdf

Chicago

Cadena, Lucy, Dipti Bhatnagar, Jaron Browne, Tom Goldtooth, Yuri Onodera, Madeleine Race, Meena Raman, Alberto Saldamando, and Sara Shaw. Les marchés du carbone à la CdP25 à Madrid: une menace pour les gens, la politique et la planète. Friends of the Earth International, n.d. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/French-carbon-markets-briefing-OK-LOW.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{cadenandles, author = {Cadena, Lucy and Bhatnagar, Dipti and Browne, Jaron and Goldtooth, Tom and Onodera, Yuri and Race, Madeleine and Raman, Meena and Saldamando, Alberto and Shaw, Sara}, title = {{Les marchés du carbone à la CdP25 à Madrid: une menace pour les gens, la politique et la planète}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/French-carbon-markets-briefing-OK-LOW.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }