Can Indigenous inclusivity be the key to successful carbon markets?

Only 17 percent of the $270m in climate and conservation funding invested annually in Indigenous and local communities goes to projects led by the populations [Paula Dupraz-Dobias/Al Jazeera]

Carbon markets, a popular mechanism used by global businesses and countries to offset their emissions, have been on the table during negotiations at the United Nations COP28 Climate Change Conference.

In a year that has seen carbon markets under growing scrutiny due to reports of alleged scams revealing that only a handful of emissions were offset instead of the massive amounts projected, Indigenous communities at the conference which ended this week were eager to be heard on how these could work.