"Practitioner's guide for local stakeholder consultation - how to ensure adequate public participation in climate mitigation actions," 26 April 2018

Over the past 20 years, global efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change have increasingly relied upon the implementation of local mitigation projects. While aiming to reduce emissions in the most cost-effective way, some of these projects have built up a record of adverse impacts on local people, resulting in the displacement of populations or the privatisation of natural resources. A significant contributor to these negative impacts is the lack of positive interaction and collaboration between local people and project developers... [A]ll types of mitigation efforts should ensure that the views of local communities are incorporated throughout the project’s lifecycle, including in its design and implementation... This handbook is a step-by-step guide to successful stakeholder consultations...  It serves as a checklist for verifying the successful consultation of new projects, as well as existing projects, and helps ensure that proper measures have been adopted to prevent adverse impacts on local communities.