Projects must provide a brief explanation for why they are eligible under the selected protocol.
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Project setup
Project setup
Essential project details including who's involved, the location of your project, and how much carbon will be removed.
Projects must provide reasoning and evidence for legal ownership over the rights to all removals and reductions that will be claimed.
Projects must provide a brief technical description of the Project activity in accessible language. This should include information on facilities and equipment, the age and average lifespan of equipment, descriptions of technologies, products, services and infrastructure to be utilised, and all further information essential to understanding how carbon removal or emissions reduction is achieved by the Project.
Projects must submit at least one address and/or specific geo-coordinates for the project. Projects may submit multiple project locations – please specify what role each location plays in the project.
Projects must provide an estimate of the net removal and/or reduction capacity of this project for the duration of the project crediting period (metric tonnes).
Projects must provide a complete list of organizations participating in the project. This must include: the organization's name, role in the project, registration number, address, contact person, email address, and phone number.
To mitigate the risks of double counting and scheme-hopping, Projects undergoing Validation must disclose any participation in other carbon standards or registries within the past five years, provide recent validation and verification audit reports (including findings and any suspensions or withdrawals), and state whether they withdrew from any prior scheme before completing a first verification.
Protocol & monitoring data
Protocol & monitoring data
How will you be measuring, monitoring and maintaining carbon removal, including data models and risk assessments.
Projects must define their system boundary to include all sources, sinks, and reservoirs (SSRs) and their associated GHGs as specified in the relevant protocol. Any GHG SSR that is excluded from the system boundary must be clearly identified and supported by robust justification and evidence where applicable.
Projects must provide a detailed description of the GHG statement approach and methodology in relation to calculations.
Projects must define the temporal and geographic project boundary.
Projects must reason and evidence the baseline scenario of their activities having not taken place. Projects will only be credited for removals or reductions above this counterfactual baseline.
Projects must describe and justify any models used for quantification, monitoring, and meeting specified protocol requirements.
Projects crediting non-permanent emission impacts must select from the durability threshold(s) defined in the protocol or module to be the project durability threshold.
Projects crediting non-permanent emission impacts must demonstrate a durability in excess of the designated project durability threshold.
Projects crediting non-permanent emission impacts must complete the protocol or module specific risk assessment to support the risk of reversal and buffer pool size.
Projects must describe the data collection and storage approach taken, including how data is transmitted, collected and stored, the length of time for which records are archived, backup procedures and strategies and the person(s) / organization(s) responsible for measurement and data collection.
Projects must demonstrate Financial Additionality by evidencing removals and/or reductions are the main purpose and only source of revenue; OR demonstrating that economic barriers would prevent project implementation in the absence of carbon finance.
Projects must demonstrate that activities similar to the activities of the proposed project are not common practice.
Projects must demonstrate Environmental Additionality by evidencing the climate impact of the project. Removals must be net negative after subtracting the counterfactual CO2 removal and all project GHG emissions, including leakage, from project CO2 removals. Reductions must have a net emission reduction after subtracting the Counterfactual GHG CO2e reduction and all project GHG emissions, including leakage, from project CO2e reductions.
Projects must demonstrate Regulatory Additionality by evidencing that the project is not required by existing laws, regulations, policies, or other binding obligations.
Projects must evaluate leakage by providing a robust assessment of the potential increases in GHG emissions outside the system boundary that occurs as a result of the project activity.
For verification, Projects must conduct a sensitivity analysis that demonstrates the impact of each input parameter’s uncertainty on the final net CO₂e uncertainty. For validation, Projects must describe how the sensitivity analysis will be performed and explicitly state whether they will use Certify
Projects must specify whether they used conservative estimates of input parameters, variance propagation and/or Monte Carlo simulations in consideration of uncertainty (one or multiple options).
Projects must assert the method(s) for compliance with regulations for all jurisdictions to which the project is beholden.
Environmental & social impacts
Environmental & social impacts
How will your project affect people and nature, and how will you manage any risks that arise.
Projects must describe the conditions under which the project will be considered closed, and describe the project closure plan – outlining any post-cessation actions that will be undertaken upon closure of the project.
Projects must outline and detail compliance with applicable national and local laws and regulations.
Projects must provide an overall assessment for the potential material environmental and social impacts, both within and beyond its boundary.
Projects must demonstrate that it creates no net environmental harm through an environmental impact assessment. This assessment must include, but is not limited to, resource efficiency and pollution prevention and biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of living natural resources.
Projects must demonstrate that it creates no net social harm by evaluating the potential negative social risks from a project’s implementation.
Projects must demonstrate how their carbon removal activities are consistent with relevant SDGs.
Stakeholder input process
Stakeholder input process
How will your project work with and respond to the community while staying compliant and adaptable.
Projects must provide a description and documentation of how comments by local stakeholders have been invited and compiled, a summary of comments received, report on how due account was taken of comments received, and the date and location of the stakeholder consultation, providing photographic evidence where possible.
Projects must outline the mechanism for stakeholders to voice, process and resolve grievances.
Pathway-specific
Pathway-specific
How will your project meet pathway-specific process requirements.
Projects crediting non-permanent emission impacts must create a table that outlines all monitored parameters in their selected protocol and modules.
Projects must describe the container types and specifications to be used for recovery, aggregation, and transport of HFC and ODS refrigerant. The description must demonstrate that the specified containers are designed to provide functional containment sufficient to prevent loss of refrigerant under normal storage and transport conditions.
Projects must describe the chain of custody for all refrigerant from the point at which the Project Proponent assumes custody through to destruction. The chain of custody must be documented such that any individual container can be traced from the point of intake into Project Proponent custody through every subsequent handling stage to the point of destruction.
Projects must describe the geographic scope, types of collection points, and recovery plan in the PDD.
Projects must describe the anticipated composition of HFCs and ODS to be recovered.
The Project Proponent must identify the supply channels through which recovered refrigerant will be acquired. Specify whether gas will be accompanied by Tier 1 provenance or Tier 2 provenance.
For each proposed intermediary, Projects must submit: a) entity name, legal registration, and physical address, b) description of the intermediary's business activity, c) evidence of relevant licensing, certification, or registration under applicable national or industry frameworks, if applicable, d) description of the geographic area and equipment types from which the intermediary typically recovers or sources refrigerant, e) estimated annual refrigerant recovery by gas type, f) description of existing record-keeping practices for refrigerant recovery.
If being considered for historical recovery provision, Projects must provide a) all batch collection log information that is available, with an explanation identifying which fields cannot be completed and why, b) documentation of storage conditions between the time of recovery and transfer to the Project Proponent, including the type of containers used, storage location, and any transfers between containers or facilities, c) any corroborating records from the period of recovery, such as purchase receipts, work orders, waste transfer notes, or business records that support the claimed recovery activity.
Projects must describe the intake procedure for recovered refrigerant.
Projects must describe the consolidation procedure associated with aggregation prior to destruction.
Projects must confirm that transportation of containers >50kg of refrigerant capacity includes proper packaging, labeling, hazard classification, and notification of safety and accident instructions at each stage of shipment.
Projects must identify the scale(s) for mass determination of full and empty containers to be used at the destruction facility. Each scale must have a unique ID.
Projects must describe procedures for scale calibration traceable to national or international standards. The procedure must include recalibration if out of tolerance.
Projects must confirm the scale measuring range corresponds to the capacity of containers and tanks to be weighed.
Projects must confirm that measurement of full container weight and empty container weight will be no more than 2 days prior to commencement of destruction and no more than 2 days after the conclusion of destruction respectively.
Projects must describe and justify the sampling or measurement frequency
Projects must provide the SOPs used for sampling or measurement procedures to determine HFC and ODS composition and concentration.
Projects must describe who will conduct sample collection and provide proof of training or certification.
Projects must describe how independence will be maintained throughout sampling or measurement.
Projects must confirm that connections to containers or sample bottles will use standard refrigerant fittings (1/4" SAE flare or equivalent standardized connections).
Project Proponents must confirm the following: - Each sample bottle has a unique sample bottle ID. - The sample bottle conforms to DOT specification 4BA or 4BW, or an internationally equivalent standard (e.g., EN 1442, ADR/RID compliant, or TPED-approved cylinders). - The sample bottle has a service pressure rating equal to or exceeding the saturation pressure of the target refrigerant at 55°C (131°F), with a minimum service pressure of 260 psig. For R-410A or other high-pressure refrigerants, the minimum service pressure must be 400 psig. - The sample bottle is be appropriately sized for the required sample quantity to ensure sufficient liquid fill for reliable liquid-phase analysis. - The sample bottle is compatible with the standards corresponding to the SOPs used by the laboratory for analysis.
Projects must provide the SOP for sample collection.
Projects must confirm there will be an unbroken chain of custody for the sample container from sample collection to laboratory analysis.
Projects must confirm that transportation of refrigerant sample includes proper packaging, labeling, hazard classification, and notification of safety and accident instructions at each stage of shipment.
Projects must identify the laboratory to be used for sample analysis.
Project Proponent must indicate if the laboratory meets Pathway A or Pathway B requirements. To meet Pathway A requirements, the laboratory must be accredited, such as having AHRI 700 or ISO 17025. Nationally accredited labs that use AHRI or ISO methods are also acceptable.
Projects must describe the analytical methods and corresponding SOPs to be used.
Projects must confirm the sample composition analysis covers all refrigerant types included in the Project.
Projects must identify the handheld analyzer make, model, and firmware version to be used. The device must be capable of providing quantitative purity analysis (% composition by mass) for the specific refrigerant species present in the container.
Projects must provide the SOP for gas composition sampling using a handheld analyzer.
Projects must provide the following facility identification information: legal name and address of the facility; legal name, address, and contact information of the facility owner/operator; previous validation or verification materials if the facility is registered under any other carbon credit programs; GPS coordinates of the destruction unit(s)
Projects must establish and justify a site-specific CO concentration threshold. Continuous CO monitoring is used as the primary adaptive management tool for ongoing assurance that destruction is proceeding effectively.
Projects must confirm that CO concentration will be continuously monitored during all destruction operations. If the CO concentration exceeds the approved threshold for more than 15 minutes during a destruction event, the facility will halt the HFC or ODS feed until the cause is identified and resolved. Exceedance event must be documented, including the duration, peak concentration, root cause analysis, and corrective action taken.
Projects must provide justification for any deviations on the destruction facility validation requirements.
Projects must provide the following to confirm regulatory compliance: a valid operating permit(s) in the host country; a summary of permit conditions relevant to refrigerant destruction; compliance history related to HFC or ODS destruction over the preceding 24 months. The facility must have no unresolved environmental violations related to air emissions, hazardous waste management, or worker safety related to HFC or ODS refrigerant destruction within the 24 months preceding the qualification application.
Projects must provide a description of the destruction facility, including: process flow diagram of the destruction facility; destruction technology type, the technology manufacturer and model designation; design specifications covering maximum refrigerant throughput capacity, operating temperature range, residence time at operating temperature
Projects must provide evidence the facility meets UNEP TEAP performance criteria.