Engaging local communities
There is a serious shortage of information available to local organizations about carbon markets and carbon crediting proposals. CLARA members and allies working with indigenous federations and frontline forest communities repeatedly hear that the only information given about a proposed carbon crediting project has come from the project proponents themselves.
Journalists have also documented the failure to provide information and seek consent from impacted peoples. The fossil-fuel companies Shell, Total Energies, and Hess have bought carbon credits from projects implicated in serious rights violations:
Shell affiliate accused of violating indigenous rights in carbon credit contracts
TotalEnergies’ BaCaSi project in Congo: Carbon crediting at the cost of human rights?
Questions over accounting and inclusion mar Guyana’s unprecedent carbon scheme
CLARA invites community leaders and others to use materials we have developed that provide different
perspectives on carbon markets and their impacts on communities:
