Marrakech, Morocco (November, 14, 2016) – Daisy Emoekabu delivered the intervention on the 45^th session of the SBSTA and stressed her deep concern about marked based mechanism. “We vehemently reject the inclusion of land use in carbon markets. We are particularly upset about the proposals for an international offsetting mechanism for the emissions produced by the aviation industry, probably the most rapidly growing source of greenhouse gas emissions on the planet.” She highlighted the importance of the SBSTA being guided by science and maintaining its integrity as well as the crucial role that agriculture, and land use in general play, especially for women as they are the majority of the world’s food producers.