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The standards for carbon verification and validation ensure that carbon offset projects and emission reductions are credible, accurate, and meet regulatory and market requirements. Key standards include:
Developed by Verra, the VCS is a widely recognized standard for certifying voluntary carbon offsets. It provides a framework for project validation and verification, ensuring that emission reductions are real, additional, and permanent. Key Features: Project methodologies, monitoring requirements, and verification processes.
Created by the Gold Standard Foundation, this standard focuses on ensuring that carbon offset projects deliver high environmental and social benefits. It is known for its rigorous criteria and emphasis on sustainable development.
Key Features: Certification for projects and products, including methodologies for various project types, and emphasis on social and environmental co-benefits.
ISO 14064 is an international standard for greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and verification. It includes guidelines for the quantification, monitoring, and reporting of GHG emissions and removals.
Key Features: Standards for GHG inventory design, validation, and verification, ensuring consistency and credibility in reporting.
ISO 14065 specifies requirements for bodies that validate or verify environmental information, including GHG assertions. It ensures that these organizations operate competently and impartially.
Key Features: Requirements for verification bodies, ensuring their competence and consistency in verification activities.
These standards provide the frameworks and criteria for verifying and validating carbon offset projects and emission reductions. They ensure that projects deliver genuine environmental benefits, meet regulatory requirements, and are recognized in carbon markets.