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Project Carbon Accounting
Credibility Assessment
Joint GTZ/ISEAL Workshop
Bonn, Germany – 28 October 2010
Henk van Rikxoort
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Background
Assessed Standards
Approach
Results – Performance
Results – Compliance level
Conclusions
AGENDA
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BACKGROUND
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Collaboration of ISEAL & GTZ on CC mitigation
Ecofys commissioned to map Climate Assurance Systems
Results refined by ISEAL & GTZ in report: “Accounting for
Carbon: Mapping the Landscape of Climate Assurance
Systems”.
Additional research needed to assess to what extend
Project Carbon Standards comply with ISEAL code
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ASSESSED
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7 Project Carbon Standards examined:
Carbon Fix
VCS-AFOLU
CDM
Plan Vivo
CCBS
Social Carbon
ISO 14064-2
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APPROACH
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ISEAL Credibility principles:
Clear Objectives and Scope
Transparency
Multi-stakeholder
Local Applicability and Global
Consistency
Accessibility
Complaints and Appeals
Inter-operability
Indicators developed
Traffic light assessment
system used
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RESULTS – PERFORMANCE
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• Clear Objectives and Scope
• Local Applicability and Global Consistency
• Complaints and Appeals
• Inter-operability
• Transparency
• Multi-stakeholder
• Accessibility
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RESULTS – COMPLIANCE LEVEL
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• Certify carbon credits
• Possess accounting methodologies
• Approve accounting methodologies
Carbon Fix (+)
VCS-AFOLU (+)
CDM (-)
Plan Vivo (-)
• Are add-on standards
• Evaluate the social and environmental situation of carbon projects
CCBS (+)
Social Carbon (-)
• Offers a general framework
• Should be used in combination with or as a basis for other standards
ISO 14064-2
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CONCLUSIONS
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Results should be used as a guideline
Within the groups better performing standards can be
identified
Combined with individual and collective needs of ISEAL
members, basis for decision whether to apply and/or
collaborate with Carbon Accounting Standards or not
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gtzHenk van RikxoortConsultant – Agriculture and Climate Change
WageningenThe Netherlands
Mobile Europe +31618187108E-mail [email protected]