Approval conditions require both cookstove and household biodigester projects to use the most robust tools and methods available for estimating fuel consumption and monitoring usage. The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market announced that the following cookstove and household biodigester methodologies meet its high-integrity Core Carbon Principles (CCPs), provided that certain conditions are met: Clean cookstove methodologies Gold Standard – Methodology for Metered & Measured Energy Cooking Devices versions 1-1.2 Gold Standard – Reduced Emissions from Cooking and Heating – Technologies and Practices to Displace Decentralized Thermal Energy Consumption…
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Integrity Council approves three REDD+ methodologies
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market announced recently that it has approved three methodologies for issuing high integrity carbon credits for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD+): (ART) The REDD+ Environmental Excellence Standard (TREES) v2.0, TREES Crediting Level (VCS) VM0048 Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation v1.0 (VCS) Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ (JNR) Framework v4.1 With the approved methodologies due to start issuing soon, REDD+ credits are expected to be labelled with the CCP label from early 2025. No credits have yet…
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