SUBMISSION OF NATURAL JUSTICE’S COMMENTS TO THE CARBON CLIMATE CHANGE (CARBON REGISTRY) REGULATIONS, 2025

Natural Justice, a pan-African organization, submitted comments and recommendations on the Draft Climate Change (Carbon Registry) Regulations, 2025. The submission advocates for a more transparent, inclusive, and publicly accessible carbon registry system in Kenya that safeguards the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

• Natural Justice recommends redefining the 'Carbon Registry' to be a "secure, transparent and publicly accessible electronic platform" that covers not only Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) but also "voluntary market credits, and domestic mitigation efforts" to ensure public accountability and legal coherence with the Climate Change Act.
• The organization proposes that the National Carbon Registry include feedback channels and grievance mechanisms to allow the public, specifically "Indigenous Peoples and local communities", to report inaccuracies or concerns regarding project impacts and the misuse of carbon credits.
• Natural Justice argues that requiring formal identification and proof of physical address for registry accounts risks excluding host communities, including those with "nomadic lifestyles" or in "Informal settlements". They suggest allowing alternative identification, such as "chief’s letters", and accepting "geocoordinates or community maps" as proof of location.
• To prevent financial barriers to transparency and the principle of free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC), the submission suggests that the Registrar should be able to "waive or subsidize fees" for researchers, local communities, and Indigenous Peoples seeking information.
• The submission calls for the establishment of a right to appeal registry-related decisions—such as the rejection of information requests or account suspensions—to independent bodies like the "National Environment Tribunal or Commission of Administrative Justice".

APA

Natural Justice (n.d.). SUBMISSION OF NATURAL JUSTICE’S COMMENTS TO THE CARBON CLIMATE CHANGE (CARBON REGISTRY) REGULATIONS, 2025. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Comments-on-Climate-Change-Carbon-Registy-Regulations-2025.pdf

Chicago

Natural Justice. SUBMISSION OF NATURAL JUSTICE’S COMMENTS TO THE CARBON CLIMATE CHANGE (CARBON REGISTRY) REGULATIONS, 2025. n.d. https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Comments-on-Climate-Change-Carbon-Registy-Regulations-2025.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{naturaljusticendsubmission, author = {{Natural Justice}}, title = {{SUBMISSION OF NATURAL JUSTICE’S COMMENTS TO THE CARBON CLIMATE CHANGE (CARBON REGISTRY) REGULATIONS, 2025}}, publisher = {Natural Justice}, url = {https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Comments-on-Climate-Change-Carbon-Registy-Regulations-2025.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }