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Nearly a quarter of legacy UN carbon projects risk overlapping with community lands -analysis

Published 22:01 on April 29, 2026 / Last updated at 12:34 on April 27, 2026 / / Americas (LATAM & Caribbean), Asia Pacific (Asia, Pacific), EMEA (Africa), International (Paris Article 6/PACM), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Net Zero Transition (Power/Electrification)

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Nearly a fourth of the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) era projects transitioning into the Paris Agreement’s Article 6.4 market risk overlapping with land used by Indigenous Peoples and local communities, according to an analysis that geospatially mapped hundreds of projects.
Nearly a fourth of the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) era projects transitioning into the Paris Agreement’s Article 6.4 market risk overlapping with land used by Indigenous Peoples and local communities, according to an analysis that geospatially mapped hundreds of projects.


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