Positive results, no negative consequences : no-harm options for article 6
- The objective of this paper is to analyse and make recommendations on a safeguard system for Article 6 that aims at preventing potential harm that mitigation activities may cause on the ground to local stakeholders and the environment. Following some definitory aspects of what and how to safeguard, the paper analyses a number of safeguard systems and do no harm principles as well as tools to implement them. It then gives an overview on Parties' views on the matter, as uttered in their latest submissions on Art. 6 options, as well as an overview of the references in the UNFCCC's SBSTA Chair's text with respect to sustainable development, safeguards, and human rights issues. The paper closes with recommendations on a possible safeguard systemThe objective of this paper is to analyse and make recommendations on a safeguard system for Article 6 that aims at preventing potential harm that mitigation activities may cause on the ground to local stakeholders and the environment. Following some definitory aspects of what and how to safeguard, the paper analyses a number of safeguard systems and do no harm principles as well as tools to implement them. It then gives an overview on Parties' views on the matter, as uttered in their latest submissions on Art. 6 options, as well as an overview of the references in the UNFCCC's SBSTA Chair's text with respect to sustainable development, safeguards, and human rights issues. The paper closes with recommendations on a possible safeguard system for Article 6.…
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| Document Type: | Working Paper |
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| Author: | Christof Arens, Florian Mersmann |
| URN (citable link): | https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-71232 |
| Publisher: | Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy |
| Place of publication: | Wuppertal |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Number of page: | 18 |
| Series Title (English): | JIKO policy paper |
| Volume: | 2018,3 |
| Language: | English |
| Divisions: | Energie-, Verkehrs- und Klimapolitik |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 320 Politik |
| Licence: |  Creative Commons - CC BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |
