On my way to #COP27 & during my stopover in London tuning in to follow the ongoing discussions of the #Article6.4 Mechanism Supervisory Body (read #CarbonMarket), where members are discussing methodologies for the mechanism & some of its activities: unfccc-events.azureedge.net/Article64third…. A 🧵
#NoOffsets: For the #Article6.4 mechanism to have any positive contributions to enhancing #ClimateAmbition, it must be clear that "credits" generated cannot be used for offsets. You cannot offset your way to 1.5C. #NoOffsets
Critically, members are discussing the potential for "removal" activities, but removals are not reductions and come with considerable risks for #HumanRights, reversals (i.e. when wildfires subsequently destroy a forest), etc.
As the recently released #LandGapReport, makes clear, there is also not enough available, open land to meet countries' plans
https://twitter.com/ciel_tweets/status/1588127947264851968?s=20&t=J4okSPl62HBvUcdA7cjDvA
#NoFalseSolutions: Beyond land removals, SB is considering "engineering" removals ie direct air capture & #CCS. This is misguided as such technologies are expensive, don’t exist @ scale & mostly don't reduce emissions, but instead encourage business as usual & #FossilFuel lock-in
The Supervisory Body must reject the inclusion of BECCS, DAC, #CCS, CCUS, or any other ocean- or land-based geoengineering proposals to be included in #Article6 activities.
Instead of trying to figure out how to encourage risky "GHG removal" activities, members should instead be working on developing necessary rules to protect #HumanRights including #IndigenousPeoples rights and establishing the #Grievance mechanism inc. its rules & procedures.
Looking at #COP27 it’s critical that governments mandate work on establishing clear rules to protect #HumanRights inc rights of #IndigenousPeoples, establishing the #Grievance mechanism & reject recommendations enabling risky removal activities 
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