Responding to the decision at COP29 to fast-track Article 6 of the Paris Agreement which sets out the principles for carbon markets, World Animal Protection’s Head of External Engagement, Kelly Dent, said:

“Parties meeting at COP 29 in Baku have taken a dangerous step forward on critical article 6 carbon markets, undermining the decision-making process and raising issues of transparency. It could mean human rights abuses, animal suffering and irreversible environmental damage will continue.

“This permits agribusiness to continue to pollute and they will not be compelled to reduce their emissions. These false solutions and the private finance generated, will move us further away from an equitable, humane and sustainable food system that places animals, people and their communities at its heart”.