Will #COP21 negotiators tackle land rights issues?

So far at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris, renewable energy initiatives are stealing the headlines. But as negotiators comb through the details of the expected Paris climate agreement, they will confront a range of challenges — and opportunities — to keep carbon in the ground.

Land is one such issue and Peter Veit, director of the Land and Resource Rights Initiative at the World Resources Institute, had a key message for negotiators.

“When you put your climate commitments together, consider securing rights as a climate mitigation strategy,” he told Devex.

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