Methodologies

Methodologies Under Development

Open for Public Comment

VM0034 Canadian Forest Carbon Offset Methodology, v2.0

First Assessment

Improved Forest Management in Boreal Production Forests

Methodology to Reduce Enteric Methane Emissions in Beef Cattle using Organic or Natural Feed Supplements

Methodology for Time-Shifted Electricity Consumption Targeting Less Carbon-Intensive Generation

Methodology for the Reduction of Enteric Methane Emissions from Ruminants by the Use of 100% Natural Feed
Supplement

Second Assessment

Avoiding Planned Deforestation of Undrained Peat Swamp Forests

Methodology for Pavement Application using Foam Stabilized Base (FSB)

REDD+ Methodology Framework (REDD+MF), v1.6

Methodology for Greenhouse Gas Capture and Utilization in Plastic Materials

Inactive

Revisions to approved baseline and monitoring methodology ACM0017 “Production of biodiesel for use as fuel” and “Tool to calculate the emission factor for a petroleum distribution system”

Quantification Methodology for Underbalanced Drilling with Natural Gas and Formation Gas Recovery

Revision to “Approved consolidated baseline and monitoring methodology ACM0002”

Methodology for Fuel Switch to Renewable Biomass for Thermal Applications

Methodology for Determining GHG Emission Reductions Through Bicycle Sharing Projects

Revisions to AM0090 to Include Conveyor Belt Transportation

Destruction of Fluoroform (HFC-23) Waste Gas Streams

Improved Forest Management on Lands Subject to Unextiguished Indigenous Rights and Title (LtPF)

Tool for the Demonstration and Assessment of Additionality in VCS IFM Project Activities on Lands Subject to Unextinguished Indigenous Rights and Title

General Methodology for Quantifying the Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions from the Production and Incorporation of Soil of Biochar in Agricultural and Forest Management Systems

Avoided Planned Conversion of Grasslands and Shrublands to Crop Production

Afforestation/Reforestation of Agricultural Lands

Methodology for Agricultural Land Management: Improved Grassland Management

Methodology for Improved Forest Management in Non-industrial Private Forests

Calculating Emission Reductions in Rice Management Systems

Other Programs

Asian Development Bank

Initiative for Climate Action Transparency

Supporting countries around the world in the evaluation of the climate, sustainable development and transformational impacts of their policies and actions 
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Georgina Smith / CIAT

Landscape Standard

Scaling up the sustainability of productive landscapes
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Brahma Kumaris

Verified Carbon Standard

The VCS Program is the world’s leading voluntary program for the certification of GHG emission reduction projects
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