CARBON MARKET & PROGRAM CERTIFICATIONS
The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM)
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"The goal of the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (Integrity Council or ICVCM) is to ensure that carbon credits are consistently high integrity to enable the voluntary carbon market to meet its potential."
READING MATERIALS
1 / ICVCM Core carbon Principles, Assessment Framework, and Assessment Procedure Jan 2024 V1.1
https://icvcm.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/CCP-Book-V1.1-FINAL-LowRes-15May24.pdf
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"The Integrity Council’s work seeks to bring consistency to the market, overcome this fragmentation and give buyers confidence that they are funding projects making a genuine impact. The Core Carbon Principles (CCPs), launched in March 2023, set a global benchmark for high-integrity. They are ten fundamental principles for high-quality carbon credits that create real, verifiable climate impact, based on the latest science and best practice. The CCP label is designed to build trust and unlock investment by making it easy for buyers to identify a high-integrity credit no matter which carbon-crediting program issued it, what kind of credit it is, or where it is generated. This publication is the Integrity Council’s now complete Assessment Framework, with full criteria for assessing carbon-crediting programs and Categories of carbon credits against the CCPs. It is supported by an updated Assessment Procedure and an Assessment Platform which carbon-crediting programs can use to apply for assessment."
2 / ICVCM Biochar
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"Turning biomass into biochar to lock carbon in soils, boosting fertility, and cutting greenhouse gas emissions for lasting climate and agricultural benefits."
3 / ICVCM Engineered CDR
https://icvcm.org/engineered-carbon-dioxide-removal-cdr/
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"Capturing carbon dioxide emissions and permanently removing them from the atmosphere."