Tag: Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market

Integrity Council approves Biochar & Improved Forest Management methodologies

Stuart Mitchell

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has announced that it has approved three biochar and two Improved Forest Management (IFM) methodologies to use its high-integrity CCP label. One further IFM methodology is approved subject to changes being made by the program. Approved biochar methodologies CAR – U.S. and Canada Biochar (Version 1.0) Isometric Biochar Production and Storage (Version 1.0) Verra VM0044 Methodology for Biochar Utilization in Soil and Non-Soil Applications (Version 1.2) Biochar is a carbon-rich material produced by heating biomass (like agricultural residues or wood) in a…

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Integrity Council approves second Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation methodology

Stuart Mitchell

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market recently announced that the ACR Afforestation & Reforestation of Degraded Lands methodology meets its high-integrity Core Carbon Principles (CCPs), provided certain conditions are met. This is the second Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation (ARR) methodology to be CCP-Approved. Approval of Afforestation & Reforestation of Degraded Lands methodology Forests are one of the world’s most important natural carbon sinks, but they continue to be destroyed by human and natural causes, with analysis by the World Resources Institute finding that 515 million hectares of tree…

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Integrity Council approves Adipic Acid and further clean cookstove methodology versions

Stuart Mitchell

The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market recently announced that the following methodologies and methodology versions meet its high-integrity Core Carbon Principles (CCPs), provided that certain conditions are met:  Gold Standard – Reduced Emissions from Cooking and Heating – Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption (TPDDTEC) version 2-3.1 (with conditions that require alignment with version 4)  Climate Action Reserve – U.S Adipic Acid Production Protocol (with a condition on leakage)  Climate Action Reserve – China Adipic Acid Production Protocol (no conditions required)  The Integrity Council also announced that the…

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Integrity Council confirms Isometric meets its high-integrity criteria

Stuart Mitchell

Verra’s VM0047 ARR methodology also becomes CCP Approved in latest assessment decisions  Isometric, a carbon crediting standard focused on carbon dioxide removal (CDR), has been approved as CCP-Eligible, the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market announced recently as it published its latest assessment decisions. Isometric joins ACR, ART, CAR, Gold Standard and Verra as the CCP-Eligible Programs under the ICVCM.   CCP-Eligible status means the programs have demonstrated that they meet the rigorous Core Carbon Principles (CCP™) criteria for effective governance, transparency, tracking and robust independent third-party validation and…

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Carbon credits from current renewable energy methodologies will not receive high-integrity CCP® label

Stuart Mitchell

Integrity Council calls on carbon-crediting programs to raise the bar and develop improved methodologies for renewable energy projects. The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market announced recently that carbon credits issued under existing renewable energy methodologies, which account for nearly a third of the voluntary carbon market, will not be able to use its high-integrity CCP® (Core Carbon Principles) label. The Governing Board decided that eight methodologies used to design and implement renewable energy projects fail to meet the CCP Assessment Framework requirements on additionality because they are insufficiently…

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