{"id":5686,"date":"2018-05-01T09:17:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T14:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/?p=5686"},"modified":"2018-05-01T09:31:15","modified_gmt":"2018-05-01T14:31:15","slug":"human-rights-and-article-6-of-the-paris-agreement-a-new-sabin-center-working-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.law.columbia.edu\/climatechange\/2018\/05\/01\/human-rights-and-article-6-of-the-paris-agreement-a-new-sabin-center-working-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights and Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: A New Sabin Center Working Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Romany Webb and Jessica Wentz<\/em><\/p>\n

The latest round of United Nations (UN) climate change talks<\/a> got underway yesterday – April 30 – at the seat of the secretariat to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Germany. The so-called \u201cintersessional\u201d talks, which take place each year midway between the annual Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, are intended to advance discussion on implementing the 2015 Paris Agreement<\/a>. Meetings will be held by the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement<\/a>, as well as the UNFCCC subsidiary bodies for implementation<\/a> (SBI) and scientific and technological advice<\/a> (SBSTA).<\/p>\n

A key focus of the SBSTA meeting will be on developing guidelines for implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. That article \u2013 often termed the \u201ccooperative approaches provision\u201d \u2013 establishes a framework under which Parties to the Paris Agreement may cooperate on actions to mitigate climate change. This has the potential to benefit developing countries, leading to increased funding for their climate change mitigation projects. Care must, however, be taken to ensure that those projects do not adversely affect local communities or infringe on individuals\u2019 human rights. Recognizing this, in their submissions to SBSTA, several Parties have called for action to ensure the protection of human rights.<\/p>\n

To inform discussions on this issue, the Sabin Center is today publishing a working paper<\/a>, which explores different approaches to ensuring human rights are protected in the context of Article 6. We identify three key approaches:<\/p>\n