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CDM Project Standard v9.0
CDM Project Standard v9.0
CDM-EB65-A05-STAN
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1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 7
1.1. Background .................................................................................................... 7
5.2. Relevance....................................................................................................... 9
5.3. Completeness ................................................................................................ 9
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8.6.1. General.......................................................................................... 25
8.6.2. Demonstration of additionality ...................................................... 26
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1. Introduction
1.1. Background
1. The Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto
Protocol (hereinafter referred to as the CMP), at its first session, established the basis of
the regulatory framework for the clean development mechanism (hereinafter referred to
as the CDM) to implement Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol through the following:
(a) Annex to decision 3/CMP.1: Modalities and procedures for a clean development
mechanism (hereinafter referred to as the CDM M&Ps);
(b) Annexes to decision 4/CMP.1, including annex II: Simplified modalities and
procedures for small-scale clean development mechanism project activities
(hereinafter referred to as the CDM SSC M&Ps);
(c) Annex to decision 5/CMP.1: Modalities and procedures for afforestation and
reforestation project activities under the clean development mechanism
(hereinafter referred to as the CDM A/R M&Ps);
(d) Annex to decision 6/CMP.1: Simplified modalities and procedures for small-scale
afforestation and reforestation project activities under the clean development
mechanism (hereinafter referred to as the CDM SSC A/R M&Ps);
(e) Decision 7/CMP.1;
(f) Annex to decision 10/CMP.7: Modalities and procedures for carbon dioxide
capture and storage in geological formations under the clean development
mechanism (hereinafter referred to as the CDM CCS M&Ps).
2. The CMP revised some of the provisions in these decisions through new decisions in
subsequent sessions.
3. Pursuant to its mandate from the CMP to operationalize the CDM, the Executive Board
of the clean development mechanism (hereinafter referred to as the Board) has adopted
various standards (including methodologies, tools and standardized baselines),
procedures, guidelines, clarifications and forms, and revised them, as appropriate, with a
view to improving the CDM process.
1.2. Objectives
4. The objectives of the CDM project standard (hereinafter referred to as this Standard)
are to:
(a) Enhance consistency and clarity of requirements applicable to all types of CDM
project activities and CDM programmes of activities (PoAs), and facilitate and
promote a clear and common understanding by all parties involved in the CDM;
(b) Improve the quality of project design documents (PDDs), PoA design documents
(PoA-DDs), component project activity (CPA) design documents (CPA-DDs) and
monitoring reports prepared by project participants and submitted in the CDM
project cycle;
(c) Enhance the overall efficiency and integrity of the CDM.
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2.2. Application
6. The principles set out in chapter 5 and the requirements in chapters 6 and 7 of this
Standard apply to any type of CDM project activity and PoA.
7. In addition to the requirements in chapters 6 and 7, the requirements in chapters 8, 9,
10, 11 and 12 specifically apply to small-scale project activities, large-scale afforestation
and reforestation (A/R) project activities, small-scale A/R project activities, carbon
dioxide capture and storage (CCS) project activities and PoAs, respectively.
3. Normative references
9. The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this
Standard:
(a) CDM project cycle procedure (hereinafter referred to as the Project cycle
procedure);
(b) Glossary of CDM terms.
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5. Principles
5.1. General
11. The following principles 1 guide project design as well as project implementation and
monitoring of GHG emission reductions by sources or GHG removals by sinks, and
contribute to enhancing the environmental integrity of CDM project activities and PoAs.
5.2. Relevance
12. Select the GHG sources, GHG sinks, GHG reservoirs, data, methodologies and all other
information appropriate to the needs of the intended user.2
5.3. Completeness
13. Include all relevant GHG sources and sinks, and information to support compliance with
all requirements.
5.4. Consistency
14. Enable meaningful comparisons in project-related information.
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This text is adapted to the CDM and is taken from ISO 14064-2:2006 - Greenhouse gases -- Part 2:
Specification with guidance at the project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of
greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal enhancements; it is reproduced with the permission of
the International Organization for Standardization, ISO. This standard can be obtained from any ISO
member and from the website of the ISO Central Secretariat at the following address <http://
www.iso.org>. Copyright remains with ISO.
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Intended users include project participants, coordinating/managing entities, designated operational
entities (DOEs), the Executive Board of the CDM, the UNFCCC secretariat, designated national
authorities (DNAs) and local and other stakeholders.
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5.6. Transparency
16. Disclose sufficient and appropriate project-related information in a truthful manner to
allow intended users to make decisions with reasonable confidence. Do not disclose
proprietary or confidential information marked as such by project participants or
coordinating/managing entities without the written consent of the provider of the
information, except as required by national law. In this context, information used to
determine additionality, to describe the baseline methodology and its application, and to
support an environmental impact assessment shall not be considered proprietary or
confidential.
6. General requirements
6.1. Use of and compliance with applicable standards
17. While designing as well as implementing and monitoring a CDM project activity or PoA,
project participants or the coordination/managing entity shall consider and use, in
addition to this Standard, all applicable methodologies, standardized baselines, tools
and documents adopted by the CMP or the Board.3
18. Project participants or the coordination/managing entity shall ensure that the proposed
CDM project activity or PoA complies with all requirements in the CDM M&Ps applicable
to the project activity or PoA, as presented in paragraph 1 above, all applicable
requirements in this Standard and all other applicable CDM rules and requirements
adopted by the CMP and the Board.
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These documents are available on the UNFCCC CDM website.
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See the relevant provisions in the CDM validation and verification standard (CDM-EB65-A04-STAN)
for examples of deviation in project-specific situations.
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Such standardized baselines include ASB0001 and ASB0003 that state in their applicability section
that the latest approved and valid values of the standardized baseline are the only values of the carbon
dioxide (CO2) emission factor(s) that shall be applied for the project electricity system.
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Evidence to support this could include, inter alia, minutes and/or notes related to the consideration of
the decision by the board of directors, or equivalent, of the project participants, to undertake the project
as a CDM project activity.
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Evidence to support this should include one or more of the following: contracts with consultants for
CDM/PDD/methodology/standardized baseline services; draft versions of PDDs and underlying
documents such as letters of authorization, and, if available, letters of intent; emission reduction
purchase agreement (ERPA) term sheets, ERPAs, or other documentation related to the sale of the
potential CERs (including correspondence with multilateral financial institutions or carbon funds);
evidence of agreements or negotiations with a DOE for validation services; submission of a new
methodology or standardized baseline, or requests to the Board for clarification or revision of existing
methodologies or standardized baselines; publication in a newspaper; interviews with DNA; earlier
correspondence on the project with the DNA or the secretariat. Letters, e-mail exchanges and other
documented communications may help to substantiate the evidence.
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efficiencies. Provide energy and mass flows and balances of the systems and
equipment included in the project activity if necessary.
33. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall identify:
(a) Parties involved in the proposed CDM project activity or PoA, including the host
Party(ies);
(b) Project participants of the proposed CDM project activity or PoA;
(c) The coordinating/managing entity in the case of a proposed CDM PoA.
34. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall provide information on
sources of public funding for the proposed CDM project activity or PoA. In cases where
public funding from Parties included in Annex I to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (hereinafter referred to as the Convention) is involved,
project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall provide an affirmation
obtained from Parties included in Annex I that such funding does not result in a diversion
of official development assistance, is separate from, and is not counted towards the
financial obligations of those Parties.
35. The project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall confirm that the
proposed CDM project activity or CPA is not a CPA that has been excluded from a
registered CDM PoA as a result of erroneous inclusion of CPAs.
7.2.1. General
36. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall use the valid version(s) of
the selected approved methodology(ies) and, where applicable, of the selected
standardized baseline(s), i.e. the latest version, or the previous version if the submission
of the request for registration of the CDM project activity or PoA, to the secretariat in
accordance with the Project cycle procedure, is still within the grace period of the
previous version for use.
37. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall apply the selected
methodology(ies) and, where applicable, the selected standardized baseline(s), to the
proposed CDM project activity or CPAs in the proposed CDM PoA including any tools,
standards or guidelines required by the methodology(ies).
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Such policies, which increase GHG emissions, are called E+ policies.
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Such policies, which decrease GHG emissions, are called E- policies.
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46. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall address the two types of
policies described in paragraph 45 above as follows:
(a) Only national and/or sectoral policies or regulations described in paragraph 45(a)
above that have been implemented before the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol by
the Conference of the Parties (hereinafter referred to as the COP)
(decision 1/CP.3, 11 December 1997) shall be taken into account when
establishing a baseline scenario. If such national and/or sectoral policies were
implemented since the adoption of the Kyoto Protocol, the baseline scenario
should refer to a hypothetical situation without the national and/or sectoral
policies or regulations being in place;
(b) National and/or sectoral policies or regulations described in paragraph 45(b)
above that have been implemented since the adoption by the COP of the CDM
M&P (decision 17/CP.7, 11 November 2001) need not be taken into account in
establishing a baseline scenario (i.e. the baseline scenario could refer to a
hypothetical situation without the national and/or sectoral policies or regulations
being in place).
47. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall describe the established
baseline scenario for the proposed CDM project activity or CPA, including the
technology(ies) that would be employed and/or the activities that would take place in the
absence of the project activity or CPA.
48. The following applies to a proposed CDM project activity or CPA using an approved
standardized baseline that standardizes the baseline scenario instead of paragraphs 42
47 above and 130133 below: Project participants shall describe the baseline
scenario(s) as per the selected standardized baseline(s).
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project activity meets the additionality criteria (e.g. positive lists of technologies)
identified in the selected standardized baseline(s) as well as the requirements relating to
prior consideration of the CDM contained in section 6.5 above.
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59. The PDDs for project activities and the PoA-DDs for PoAs registered before 1 January
2013 are not required to be amended, re-published for global stakeholder consultation,
or re-validated using the GWPs as applied by decision 4/CMP.7.
60. All references in baseline and monitoring methodologies and methodological tools to one
or more GWPs, including specific references to GWPs valid for the first commitment
period, from 1 January 2013, shall be read as references to the relevant GWPs valid for
the second commitment period.
7.2.8.1. General
61. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall develop and describe the
monitoring plan for the proposed CDM project activity or CPA in accordance with the
selected methodology(ies), where applicable, the selected standardized baseline(s) and
all other applicable CDM rules and requirements.
62. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity may choose to submit the
monitoring plan for the proposed CDM project activity, PoA or CPA either at the time of
validation or:
(a) At any time prior to the submission of request for issuance for the first monitoring
period; or
(b) Together with the request for issuance for the first monitoring period.
63. In cases where the project participants or the coordinating/managing entity choose to
make a delayed submission of a monitoring plan for the proposed CDM project activity,
PoA or CPA in accordance with paragraph 62 above, the project participants or the
coordinating/managing entity shall clearly state that the submission of the monitoring
plan is delayed and that the PDD, PoA-DD or CPA-DD submitted for registration do not
contain information related to the monitoring plan.
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The start date of the crediting period provided in the CDM-PDD by the project participants is an
indicative date and if it is prior to the date of registration of the project activity, it will be updated by the
secretariat as the effective date of registration in accordance with the Project cycle procedure. This
update will not affect the specified length of the crediting period, nor does this affect the rights of the
project participants to subsequently request a change of the start date in accordance with the same
procedure.
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80. If significant changes to the project design occur after the invitation of comments from
local stakeholders, the project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall
conduct local stakeholder consultation with relevant stakeholders.
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Project activities from multilateral funds involving many host Parties do not necessarily require letters of
approval from the DNA of each Party. However, those not providing a letter may be giving up some of
their rights and privileges in terms of being a Party involved in the proposed project activity.
A letter of approval from a Party may cover more than one proposed CDM project activity, provided
that projects are clearly listed in the letter.
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At the time of making the PDD public at the stage of validation, a Party involved may or may not have
provided its approval of the proposed CDM project activity, but by the time of requesting registration,
approval from all Parties involved including the host Party shall be obtained.
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This requirement replaces the clarification provided by the Board at its twenty-eighth meeting, as
recorded in paragraph 14 of the meeting report.
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(b) The date of submission of the MoC statement (to a DOE for inclusion in the
request for registration or to the secretariat for changes after registration);
(c) The designation of a focal point for each scope of authority, contact details and
specimen signatures of the authorized signatories of each focal point entity;
(d) A list of all project participants, contact details and specimen signatures of their
authorized signatories;
(e) The signature of an authorized signatory (electronic if available) of all project
participants confirming their agreement with the MoC statement.
7.8. Validation
87. The project participants or the coordinating/managing entity wishing to submit a CDM
project activity for validation shall prepare a PDD , or a PoA-DD and a CPA-DD using the
valid version of the applicable CDM-PDD form, taking into account the grace period of
the form if it has been revised.14
88. When completing the PDD, PoA-DD or CPA-DD, project participants or the
coordinating/managing entity shall provide all necessary information and documentation
to demonstrate compliance of the proposed CDM project activity with all applicable
requirements in this Standard and other CDM rules and requirements.
89. When completing the PDD, PoA-DD or CPA-DD, the project participants or the
coordinating/managing entity shall follow the applicable guidelines instructions for
completing PDD, PoA-DD or CPA-DD forms as contained in the form.
90. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall select a DOE for the
validation of the proposed CDM project activity or PoA that is accredited for the
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shall have a contractual arrangement with the DOE for the validation.
91. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall submit the completed PDD
of the proposed CDM project activity or completed PoA-DD and CPA-DD of proposed
PoA, together with supporting documentation, to the selected DOE for validation.
92. If a PDD or PoA-DD contains confidential or proprietary information, the project
participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall submit documentation in two
versions:
(a) One version where all parts containing confidential/proprietary information are
made redacted (e.g. by covering those parts with black ink) so that the version
can be made publicly available without displaying confidential/proprietary
information;
(b) A version containing all information that is to be treated as confidential
/proprietary by all parties handling this documentation (DOEs and applicant
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All the various PDD forms are available on the UNFCCC CDM website.
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The list of all 16 sectoral scopes, the DOEs accredited in each scope as well as the approved baseline
and monitoring methodologies linked with these sectoral scopes are provided on the UNFCCC CDM
website.
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(a) Type I: Renewable energy project activities with a maximum output capacity of
15 MW (or an appropriate equivalent). In this context:
(i) Output is the installed/rated capacity as indicated by the manufacturer of
the equipment or plant, irrespective of the actual load factor of the plant.
The installed/rated capacity for renewable electricity generating units that
involve turbine generator systems shall be based on the installed/rated
capacity of the generator;
(ii) Regarding the appropriate equivalent of 15 MW, decision 17/CP.7,
paragraph 6(c)(i), refers to MW, but the project participants may refer to
MW(p)16, MW(e) or MW(th). As MW(e) is the most common denomination,
MW is defined as MW(e), and otherwise an appropriate conversion factor is
to be applied;
(iii) For biomass, biofuel and biogas project activities, the maximal limit of
15 MW(e) is equivalent to a 45 MW thermal output of the equipment or the
plant (e.g. boilers). For thermal applications of biomass, biofuels or biogas
(e.g. cookstoves), the limit of 45 MWth is the installed/rated capacity of the
thermal application equipment or device(s) (e.g. biogas stoves). For
electrical or mechanical applications, the limit of a 15 MW installed/rated
output shall be used. In the case of co-firing renewable and fossil fuels, the
rated capacity of the system when using fossil fuel shall apply;
(iv) For thermal applications of solar energy projects, maximum output shall
be calculated using a conversion factor of 700 Wth/m2 of aperture area of
glazed flat plate or evacuated tubular collector, i.e. the eligibility limit in
terms of aperture area is 64,000 m2 of the collector. 17 The project
participants may also use other conversion factors determined as per the
requirements in paragraph 106 below, but shall then justify why the chosen
conversion factor is more appropriate to the project activity;
(b) Type II: Energy efficiency improvement project activities that reduce energy
consumption, on the supply and/or demand side, with a maximum output of
60 GWh per year (or an appropriate equivalent) in any year of the crediting
period. In this context, for thermal energy efficiency project activities, the
maximum energy saving of 60 GWh(e) per year is equivalent to 180 GWh(th) per
year saving; or
(c) Type III: Other project activities not included in Type I or Type II that result in
GHG emission reductions not exceeding 60 kt CO2e per year in any year of the
crediting period.
100. Project participants shall consider that:
(a) The three types referred to in paragraph 99 above are mutually exclusive;
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For solar photovoltaic applications, 15 MW(p) may be defined by manufacturers specifications under
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testing conditions of 1000 W/m and 25 deg C or 600 W/m and 35 deg C.
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This conversion is not applicable for solar thermal parabolic and trough type collectors used for high
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(b) A small-scale CDM project activity may contain more than one component, each
belonging to one of the three project types referred to in paragraph 99 above. In
this case, the sum of the size of components belonging to the same project type
shall not exceed the limits of the project type.
8.6.1. General
105. If the proposed small-scale CDM project activity involves more than one component,
project participants shall provide ex ante calculations of baseline, project and leakage
GHG emissions as well as GHG emission reductions for each year of the crediting
period and for each component separately.
106. To determine the performance of equipment used in the proposed small-scale CDM
project activity, project participants shall use:
(a) The appropriate value specified in the selected methodology or, where
applicable, the selected standardized baseline;
(b) The national standard for the performance of the equipment type (project
participants shall identify the standard used) if the value specified in
subparagraph (a) above is not available;
(c) An international standard for the performance of the equipment type, such as
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International
Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards (project participants shall identify
the standard used) if the values specified in subparagraphs (a) and (b) above are
not available;
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(d) The manufacturers specifications, provided that they are tested and certified by
national or international certifiers, if the values specified in subparagraphs (a)(c)
above are not available;
(e) Performance data from test results conducted by an independent entity for
equipment installed under the project activity if the values specified in
subparagraphs (a)(d) are not available.
107. In cases where leakage is to be considered in the proposed small-scale CDM project
activity, project participants shall consider leakage only within the boundaries of non-
Annex I Parties.
108. In case of replacement of existing equipment, project participants shall estimate the point
in time where the existing equipment would be replaced in the absence of the proposed
small-scale CDM project activity in accordance with the Tool to determine the remaining
lifetime of equipment.
109. For household devices/appliances, project participants may disregard the remaining
lifetime.
110. Project participants shall consider that norms, specifications, standards and test
procedures cited in the selected methodology and, where applicable, the selected
standardized baseline refer to the valid version of the documentation available at the
time of submission of the PDD to the DOE for validation.
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(a) Data variables that impact the GHG emission reductions continuously
(e.g. quantity of the fuel inputs, amount of heat or electricity produced, gas
captured) shall be measured continuously and recorded at appropriate intervals.
Data elements that are generally constant (e.g. emission factors, calorific value,
system efficiencies) shall be measured or calculated at least once a year, unless
other specifications are provided in the selected methodology or, where
applicable, the selected standardized baseline;
(b) Measuring equipment shall be certified to national or IEC standards;
(c) The calibration of measuring equipments shall be carried out by an accredited
person or institution;
(d) Measured data with high levels of uncertainty or without adequate calibration
shall be compared with location/national data and commercial data to ensure
consistency.
113. For parameters to be measured in accordance with the selected methodology or, where
applicable, the selected standardized baseline, project participants shall include in the
monitoring plan the following:
(a) The measurement methods and procedures, including accepted industry
standards or national or international standards that will be applied; the
measuring equipments that will be used; how the measurements will be
undertaken; the accuracy of the measurement methods; the measurement
intervals and the responsible person/entity who will undertake the measurements;
(b) The calibration procedures to be applied and the responsible person/entity who
will perform the calibration.
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(d) Describe the technologies and know-how that will be transferred to the host
Party(ies), if applicable;
(e) Describe or list the legal title(s) to the land, current land tenure and rights
enabling determination of the owner of the temporary CERs (tCERs) or long-term
CERs (lCERs) to be issued for the project activity.
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123. For all areas of land for which control over the A/R CDM project activity has not yet been
established when the PDD is submitted to a DOE for validation, the project participants
shall provide evidence of control at the latest by the time of submitting the first
monitoring report to a DOE for verification.
124. When submitting the first monitoring report to a DOE for verification, the project
boundary shall be fixed in such a way that it geographically delineates exclusively the
registered CDM A/R project activity under the control of the project participants.
9.5.1. General
127. Project participants shall select the carbon pools and GHGs to account for the proposed
A/R CDM project activity in accordance with the selected methodology.
128. If the selected methodology allows the exclusion of certain carbon pools and project
participants do so, they shall justify the exclusion.
129. Project participants shall ensure that the application of default data in estimation of the
net anthropogenic GHG removals by sinks for the proposed A/R CDM project activity
results in conservative estimates.
130. Project participants shall establish the baseline scenario separately for each stratum of
the proposed A/R CDM project activity in accordance with the selected methodology.
131. Paragraphs 132, 133, 134 and 135 below shall apply instead of paragraphs 4446, 47,
53 and 56 above respectively.
132. In establishing a baseline scenario, the project participants shall take into account
relevant national and/or sectoral policies and circumstances, such as historical land use
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practices, without creating perverse incentives that may impact host Parties
contributions to the ultimate objective of the Convention in the following manner: national
and/or sectoral land-use policies or regulations, which give comparative advantages to
afforestation/reforestation activities and have been implemented since the adoption by
the COP of the CDM M&Ps (decision 17/CP.7, 11 November 2001), need not be taken
into account in developing a baseline scenario (i.e. the baseline scenario could refer to a
hypothetical situation without the national and/or sectoral policies or regulations being in
place).
133. Project participants shall describe the baseline scenario established for each stratum of
the proposed A/R CDM project activity, including the land use that would occur in the
absence of the project activity.
134. Project participants shall calculate and provide an estimate of the ex ante baseline net
GHG removals by sinks, ex ante actual net GHG removals by sinks, leakage, and net
anthropogenic GHG removals by sinks for the proposed A/R CDM project activity for
each year of the crediting period, in accordance with the selected methodology and,
where applicable, the selected standardized baseline.
135. In cases where the selected methodology allows the use of sampling for the
determination of parameter values for calculating net GHG removals, project participants
may use sampling, in accordance with the requirements of the methodology and any
applicable tool referenced in the methodology.
9.5.3. Monitoring
137. Project participants shall plan management activities, including harvesting cycles, and
verifications such that a systematic coincidence of verification and peaks in carbon
stocks is avoided.
138. Project participants shall monitor forest establishment and management, if required for
compliance with the applicability conditions of the selected methodology.
139. Project participants shall describe how the geographic coordinates of the project
boundary, including boundaries of strata if any, are determined and recorded.
140. Project participants shall describe, or provide reference to, standard operating
procedures (SOPs) and QA/QC procedures implemented for data monitoring, as
required by the selected methodology.
141. Project participants shall identify measures to minimize potential leakage and describe
how these will be implemented.
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142. Project participants shall specify the procedures for the periodic review of
implementation of activities and measures to minimize leakage, if required by the
selected methodology.
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with the host Partys procedures. Project participants shall provide all conclusions and
references to all related documentation.
152. If the socio-economic impacts of the proposed A/R CDM project activity are considered
significant, project participants shall provide a description of the planned monitoring and
remedial measures to address these significant impacts.
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Decision 9/CMP.3 revised the limit for small-scale A/R CDM project activities defined in the annex to
decision 5/CMP.1.
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porosity and permeability and sufficient thickness which can prevent the upward
movement of carbon dioxide from the storage formation.
157. Operational phase: the period that begins when carbon dioxide injection commences
and ends when carbon dioxide injection permanently ceases.
158. Closure phase: the phase that follows the operational phase and is the period that
begins when carbon dioxide injection permanently ceases and ends when the geological
storage site has been closed.
159. Closure of a geological storage site: the completion of the sealing of the geological
storage site, including the appropriate plugging of wells relating to the geological storage
site.
160. Post-closure phase: the phase that follows the closure phase and is the period that
begins when the geological storage site has been closed.
161. Seepage: a transfer of carbon dioxide from beneath the ground surface or seabed
ultimately to the atmosphere or ocean.
162. Site development and management plan: the documented description of how a
geological storage site will be operated and managed.
163. History matching: the process of comparing observed results from the monitoring and
measurement of a geological storage site with the results of the predictive numerical
modelling of the behaviour of carbon dioxide injected into the geological storage site,
and the use of the observed results to calibrate and update numerical models and
modelling results. It can involve multiple iterations.
164. Liability: the legal responsibility arising from the CCS project activity or the relevant
geological storage site, with the exception of the obligations arising from a net reversal of
storage as set out in section Addressing non-permanence in CCS project activities of
the Project cycle procedure but including all obligations related to the operation of the
storage site (e.g. monitoring, remedial measures, etc.), to compensate for or remedy any
significant damages, including damage to the environment, such as ecosystem damage,
other material damages or personal injury.
165. Remedial measures: actions and measures intended to stop or control any unintended
physical leakage or seepage of carbon dioxide, to restore the integrity of a geological
storage site, or to restore long-term environmental quality significantly affected by a CCS
project activity.
166. Net reversal of storage of carbon dioxide means that:
(a) For a verification period during the crediting period, the accumulated verified
reductions in anthropogenic emissions by sources of GHGs that have occurred
as a result of a registered CDM project activity are negative (i.e. the seepage
from the geological storage site of the CCS project activity exceeds the
remainder of the emission reductions achieved by the CCS project activity);
(b) For a verification period after the end of the last crediting period, seepage has
occurred from the geological storage site of the CCS project activity.
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As per paragraphs 10 and 41 of decision 5/CMP.8; the CMP decided that the eligibility of these types
of project activities shall be considered by the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice
at its forty-fifth session, and also decided that although these types of project activities would merit
inclusion under the CDM, more practical experience of carbon dioxide capture and storage project
activities in geological formations under the CDM would be beneficial.
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(iii) Provide for timely and effective redress for affected entities, individuals and
communities for any significant damages, such as environmental damage,
including damage to ecosystems, other material damages or personal
injury, caused by the project activity, including in the post-closure phase;
(iv) Provide for timely and effective remedial measures to stop or control any
unintended seepage of carbon dioxide, to restore the integrity of a
geological storage site, and to restore long-term environmental quality
significantly affected by a CCS project activity;
(v) Establish means for addressing liability arrangements for carbon dioxide
geological storage sites, taking into account the provisions set out in
section 11.9 below;
(vi) For a host Party that accepts the obligation to address a net reversal of
storage, establish measures to fulfil such an obligation.
169. In addition to the requirements for approval and authorization set out in section 7.6
above, project participants shall seek written confirmation of the following from the DNA
of the host Party:
(a) That the right to store carbon dioxide in, and gain access to, the proposed
geological storage site has been conferred to them;
(b) That the host Party agrees to the financial provision described in the PDD (see
section 11.8 below);
(c) That the host Party accepts the allocation of liability as proposed in the PDD and
the transfer of liability (see section 11.9 below);
(d) Whether the host Party accepts the obligation to address a net reversal of
storage in the situation referred to in the section Addressing non-permanence in
CCS project activities of the Project cycle procedure.
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171. When selecting a geological storage site, projects participants shall evaluate:
(a) All available evidence, such as data, analysis and history matching, indicating
that the injected carbon dioxide will be completely and permanently stored such
that, under the proposed or actual conditions of use, no significant risk of
seepage or risk to human health or the environment exists. The results of this
evaluation should be supported by, and consistent with, the results of the risk and
safety assessment carried out in accordance with section 11.6 below;
(b) Whether the geological storage site is suitable for potable water supply.
172. If the proposed geological storage site is suitable for potable water supply, a decision
about whether the site is eligible for geological storage shall be made by the host Party,
taking into account the results of the site characterization and the risk and safety
assessment of the proposed geological storage site, following the procedures outlined in
the CCS modalities and procedures.
173. When characterizing the geological storage site, project participants shall take the
following steps:
(a) Step 1: data and information collection, compilation and evaluation. The project
participant shall collect sufficient data and information to characterize the
geological storage site and determine potential seepage pathways. The project
participant shall evaluate (i) the collected data and information in order to make a
preliminary assessment of the sites storage capacity and to assess the viability
of monitoring and (ii) the quality of the data and information and, where required,
collect new data;
(b) Step 2: characterization of the geological storage site architecture and
surrounding domains. The project participant shall assess the known and inferred
structures within the injection formation(s) and cap rock formation(s) that would
act as barriers to, or facilitators of, the migration of injected carbon dioxide. The
project participant shall compile a numerical three-dimensional static earth model
(or models) of the geological storage site. The project participant shall assess the
uncertainty associated with key parameters used to build the model. The model
shall be used by the project participant to characterize, inter alia:
(i) The structure of the geological containment;
(ii) All relevant geological properties of the injection formation(s);
(iii) The cap rock formation(s) and overburden;
(iv) The fracture system;
(v) The areal and vertical extent of the geological storage site (e.g. the
injection formation, the cap rock formation, overburden, secondary
containment zones and surrounding domains);
(vi) The storage capacity in the injection formation(s);
(vii) The fluid distribution and physical properties;
(viii) Other relevant characteristics;
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Such numerical modelling shall be used to provide insight into the pressure
and extent of carbon dioxide in the geological storage site over time, the
risk of fracturing the cap rock formation(s) and the risk of seepage. Multiple
simulations shall be conducted to identify the sensitivity of the assessments
to assumptions made. The simulations carried out in this step shall form the
basis for risk and safety assessments, detailed in section 11.6 below;
(d) Step 4: establishment of a site development and management plan. Drawing on
steps 13 above, the project participant shall establish a site development and
management plan. The development and management plan shall address the
proposed conditions of use for the geological storage site and include, inter alia,
descriptions of:
(i) The preparation of the site;
(ii) Well construction, such as materials and techniques used, and the location,
trajectory and depth of the well;
(iii) Injection rates and the maximum allowable near-wellbore pressure;
(iv) Operating and maintenance programmes and protocols;
(v) The timing and management of the closure phase of the proposed CCS
project activity, including site closure and related activities.
174. When characterizing and selecting a geological storage site, project participants shall
use a wide range of data and information, including, inter alia:
(a) Geological information, such as descriptions of the overburden and cap rock
formation(s) and injection formation(s), locations of mapped faults, subsurface
well and wellbore information, permeability and porosity, which are important in
determining the injectivity of the injection formation, and the cap rock formation
containment capacity, and information about regional tectonics, including the
stress field and historical seismic activity;
(b) Geophysical information, such as the thickness and lateral extent of the storage
and cap rock formation(s), pressure, temperature, the existence of faults, and
reservoir heterogeneity. Sources of data may include, inter alia, well logs, sonic
logs and seismic surveys;
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(c) Geomechanical information, such as the stress state and the rock fracture
pressure within the injection formation(s) and the cap rock formation(s). Sources
of data include borehole data, such as breakouts inferred from calliper and
televiewer logs, minifrac results, information about anisotropy within the reservoir,
and mud loss events;
(d) Geochemical information, such as information on rock and fluid properties and
mineralogy. Fluid properties, such as the brine salinity, should also be used to
determine dissolution trapping rates;
(e) Hydrogeological information, such as aquifer characteristics and aquifer flow
direction and rates within the geological storage site, the overburden and
surrounding domains.
175. Project participants shall demonstrate that they have selected and characterized the
geological storage site in accordance with the requirements referred to in paragraphs
170174 above and provide all relevant supporting documents. Project participants shall
describe and document transparently the methods, assumptions and models used, the
type and sources of information and data used, as well as the process and steps taken
to characterize and select the geological storage site, including the findings and
outcomes from each step.
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178. In order to assess the potential risks of carbon dioxide capture, transportation and
storage in a geological storage site, project participants shall take the following steps:
(a) Step 1: hazard characterization. The project participant shall analyse the
following:
(i) Potential hazards resulting from the capture, transportation and injection of
carbon dioxide;
(ii) Potential seepage pathways from the geological storage site;
(iii) The magnitude of potential seepage for identified potential seepage
pathways;
(iv) Critical parameters affecting potential seepage, such as the maximums of
injection formation pressure, injection rates and temperature;
(v) The sensitivity to various assumptions made during numerical modelling;
(vi) Any other factors which could pose a hazard to human health and the
environment;
(b) Step 2: exposure assessment. The project participant shall undertake an
exposure assessment based on the characteristics of surrounding populations
and ecosystems, the potential fate and behaviour of any seeped carbon dioxide,
and other factors;
(c) Step 3: effects assessment. The project participant shall undertake an effects
assessment based on the sensitivity of species, communities or habitats linked to
potential seepage events identified during the hazard characterization and the
effects of elevated carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere, biosphere
and hydrosphere;
(d) Step 4: risk characterization. The project participant shall assess the safety and
integrity of the geological storage site in the short-, medium- and long-term,
including an assessment of the risk of seepage under the proposed conditions of
use set out in the site development and management plan;
(e) Step 5: contingency plan for large incidents, including seepage. The project
participant shall prepare all the necessary plans that are to be put in place in
case of large incidents, including availability of trained personnel, materials and
equipment and financial means to mitigate adverse impacts of the incident and
teams prepared to act as swiftly as possible.
179. Project participants shall provide:
(a) A detailed description of the risk and safety assessment referred to in paragraphs
177 and 178 above;
(b) A copy of the communications and contingency plans referred to in paragraphs
177 and 178 above; and
(c) References to all relevant supporting documents.
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11.7. Monitoring
180. Project participants shall include in the PDD provisions for monitoring the proposed CCS
project activity that meet the following objectives:
(a) To provide assurance of the environmental integrity and safety of the geological
storage site;
(b) To confirm that the injected carbon dioxide is contained within the geological
storage site and within the project boundary;
(c) To ensure that injected carbon dioxide is behaving as predicted in order to
minimize the risk of any seepage or other adverse impacts;
(d) To ensure that good site management is taking place, taking account of the
proposed conditions of use set out in the site development and management
plan, established in step 4 of section 11.4 above;
(e) To detect and estimate the flux rate and total mass of carbon dioxide from any
seepage;
(f) To determine whether timely and appropriate remedial measures have been
carried out in the event of seepage;
(g) To determine the reductions in anthropogenic emissions by sources of
greenhouse gases that have occurred as a result of the registered CCS project
activity.
181. In developing the monitoring plan for the proposed CCS project activity, project
participants shall meet the objectives set out above by:
(a) Reflecting the principles and criteria of international good practice for the
monitoring of geological storage sites and consider the range of technologies
described in the relevant sections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) 2006 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and
other good practice guidance;
(b) Transparently specifying which parameters and information will be monitored and
collected, and the location and frequency of application of different monitoring
techniques during the operational phase, closure phase and post-closure phase;
(c) Providing for specific techniques and methods that can:
(i) Detect and estimate the quantity of the carbon dioxide stored in the
geological storage site;
(ii) Detect potential seepage via pathways in the cap rock formation(s) and in
the overburden and surrounding domains in the geological storage site;
(iii) Estimate the flux rate and total mass of carbon dioxide from any seepage;
(d) Including provisions for history matching, by using the monitoring results to
calibrate and update the numerical models that were used to characterize the
geological storage site;
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(e) Providing for measurement of the carbon dioxide stream and composition,
including impurities, at various points in the carbon dioxide capture,
transportation and storage chain, including at the point(s) of injection into the
geological storage site, at an appropriate frequency;
(f) Providing for measurement of the temperature and pressure at the top and
bottom of the injection well(s) and observation well(s), at an appropriate
frequency;
(g) Providing for the monitoring and measurement of various geological,
geochemical and geomechanical parameters, such as fluid pressures, displaced
fluid characteristics, fluxes and microseismicity, at an appropriate frequency;
(h) Providing for the monitoring and measurement of relevant parameters in the
overburden and surrounding domains of the geological storage site, such as the
monitoring of groundwater properties, soil gas measurements and measurements
of the surface concentrations of carbon dioxide in the air, which shall be
calibrated to detect signs of seepage, at an appropriate frequency;
(i) Providing for the detection of corrosion or degradation of the transport and
injection facilities;
(j) Providing for an assessment of the effectiveness of any remedial measures taken
in the event of seepage.
182. Project participants shall, for each verification period, carry out history matching and,
where necessary, update the numerical models used to characterize the geological
storage site by conducting new simulations using the monitored data and information.
Project participants shall adjust the numerical models if significant deviations (as defined
in the approved CCS methodology used by the CCS project activity) occur between
observed and predicted behaviour. The project participants shall immediately notify the
host Party and the Board in writing if a significant deviation occurs at any stage of the
project cycle.
183. Where significant deviations are observed during history matching or when requesting a
renewal of the crediting period, the project participants shall, as appropriate:
(a) Recharacterize the geological storage site, in accordance with section 11.4
above;
(b) Revise the project boundary;
(c) Update the risk and safety assessment, in accordance with section 11.6 above;
(d) Update the environmental and socioeconomic impact assessments, referred to in
section 11.10 below;
(e) Revise the monitoring plan, in order to improve the accuracy and/or
completeness of data and information, taking into account observed deviations
determined during history matching, changes to the project boundary, changes to
the risk and safety assessment, changes to the environmental and
socioeconomic impact assessments, new scientific knowledge and improvements
in the best available technology;
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(f) Update the site development and management plan, taking account of the results
of the activities described in subparagraphs (ae) above, where appropriate.
184. Where the information prepared in accordance with paragraph 183 above indicates that
the geological storage site no longer meets the requirements set out in paragraphs 170
and 171 above, the issuance of CERs shall cease.
185. Project participants shall account for any seepage that occurs during the crediting
period(s) of a CCS project activity as project or leakage emissions in the calculation of
the monitored reductions in anthropogenic emissions by sources of greenhouse gases
that have occurred as a result of the registered CDM CCS project activity. Any seepage
that occurs after the end of the last crediting period shall be quantified and reported in
monitoring reports.
186. The monitoring of the geological storage site shall:
(a) Begin before injection activities commence, to ensure adequate time for the
collection of any required baseline data;
(b) Be conducted at an appropriate frequency during and beyond the crediting
period(s) of the proposed CCS project activity;
(c) Not be terminated earlier than 20 years after the end of the last crediting period of
the CDM project activity or after the issuance of CERs has ceased, whichever
occurs first;
(d) Only be terminated if no seepage has been observed at any time in the past 10
years and if all available evidence from observations and modelling indicates that
the stored carbon dioxide will be completely isolated from the atmosphere in the
long term. This may be demonstrated through the following evidence:
(i) History matching confirms that there is agreement between the numerical
modelling of the carbon dioxide plume distribution in the geological storage
site and the monitored behaviour of the carbon dioxide plume;
(ii) Numerical modelling and observations confirm that no future seepage can
be expected from the geological storage site.
187. The project participant(s) liable for the geological storage site, or an entity that is under
contract to the project participant(s), shall conduct the monitoring of the geological
storage site unless and until the transfer of liability to the host Party is effected in
accordance with section 11.9 below.
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(c) Addresses the risk of project participant insolvency in accordance with the laws
and regulations of the host Party;
(d) Offers a means of redress for affected communities and ecosystems in the event
of seepage from a geological storage site of a CCS project activity in accordance
with the laws and regulations of the host Party;
(e) Enables the host Party to discharge its obligations arising in connection with the
transfer of liability.
189. The financial provision shall cover:
(a) The cost of ongoing monitoring, at an appropriate frequency, of the geological
storage site and of verification and certification by a DOE for at least 20 years
after the end of the last crediting period of the CCS project activity or after the
issuance of CERs has ceased, whichever occurs first;
(b) In the event of seepage, the cost associated with the obligations set out in
section Addressing non-permanence in CCS project activities of the Project
cycle procedure;
(c) The cost of any remedial measures required by laws and regulations of the host
Party;
(d) Any other requirements determined by the host Party that are agreed at the time
of the host Party approval and described in the PDD.
190. Project participants shall describe the type and amount of the financial provision and
provide a detailed cost estimate for each of the requirements referred to in paragraph
189 above, including underlying assumptions and justifications.
191. The financial provision shall, in accordance with the laws and regulations of the host
Party, be transferable to the host Party upon fulfilment of all obligations of the project
participants in accordance with the CDM rules and requirements and the laws and
regulations of the host Party, or upon insolvency of the project participant(s).
11.9. Liability
192. Project participants shall clearly document in the PDD how the liability obligations arising
from the proposed CCS project activity or its geological storage site are allocated during
the operational phase, closure phase and post-closure phase.
193. Relevant provisions of laws and regulations of the host Party, including those referred to
in section 11.3 above, shall apply to matters related to liability.
194. During the operational phase and any time thereafter until a transfer of liability to the
host Party has been effected in accordance with paragraph 195 below, liability shall
reside with the project participants.
195. A transfer of liability from a project participant(s) to the host Party shall be effected after:
(a) The monitoring by the project participant of the geological storage site has been
terminated in accordance with the conditions for such termination, as set out in
section 11.7 above;
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(b) The host Party has established that the conditions set out by the DNA in its letter
of approval, referred to in section 11.3 above, and those set out in the relevant
laws and regulations applicable to the geological storage site, have been
complied with.
196. Project participants shall notify the Board in writing, through the relevant DNA, not less
than six months before the transfer of liability is scheduled to occur.
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methodology, the coordinating/managing entity shall prepare a generic CPA for each
technology/measure, each methodology and each combination thereof.21
208. The coordinating/managing entity shall consider any specific guidance in applied
methodologies regarding the requirement to prepare separate generic CPA-DDs for
each different technology/measure, taking into account differences in the means of
demonstration of additionality, emission reduction calculations, and monitoring methods
applicable to the technologies/measures being implemented. As an exception, when the
technologies/measures are included in the positive lists for additionality demonstration
under the Guidelines on demonstration of additionality of small-scale project activities
or Guidelines on demonstration of additionality of microscale project activities the
generic CPA-DD may cover more than one technology/measure. However, the
coordinating/managing entity shall still include all the information related to eligibility
criteria, emission reduction calculations and monitoring requirements for each
technology/measure separately taking into account any specific guidance in the applied
methodologies.
209. Also as part of the proposed CDM PoA, the coordinating/managing entity shall develop
specific-case CPA-DDs22 under the PoA as follows:
(a) For PoAs applying the same technology/measure under the same methodology
across all CPAs, at least one specific-case CPA-DD shall be provided;
(b) For PoAs applying more than one technology/measure or more than one
methodology, at least one specific-case CPA-DD for each generic CPA-DD shall
be provided. In cases where not all specific-case CPA-DDs to cover all generic
CPA-DDs can be provided at the time of the publication of the PoA-DD for global
stakeholder consultation, at least one specific-case CPA-DD corresponding to
any of the generic CPA-DDs shall be provided at the time of the publication of the
PoA-DD for global stakeholder consultation. In this case, at least one specific-
case CPA-DD shall be provided for each of the remaining generic CPA-DDs at
the time of request for registration of the PoA or after the registration of the PoA.
In the latter case, the specific-case CPA-DDs shall be provided for approval by
the Board in accordance with the post-registration change process as defined in
the Project cycle procedure. If the generic CPA-DD contains more than one
technology/measure in accordance with paragraph 208 above, the specific-case
21
For instance a PoA for efficient residential lighting applying more than one methodology will need more
than one generic CPA-DD (e.g. a generic CPA-DD for efficient residential lighting under AMSII.C and a
generic CPA-DD for efficient residential lighting under AMSII.J). Similarly a PoA for energy efficiency
activities applying a single methodology but including different technologies will need more than one
generic CPA-DD (e.g. a generic CPA-DD for efficient street lighting under AMSII.C and a generic CPA-
DD for efficient water pumping under AMSII.C). Furthermore, a PoA for treatment of domestic manure
would need more than one generic CPA-DD for applying more than one combination of methodologies
(e.g. a generic CPA-DD for applying the combination AMSIII.R.+AMSI.E.+AMSI.I. and a generic CPA-
DD for applying the combination AMSIII.R.+AMSI.I). However, separate generic CPA-DDs are not
required to cover cases that do not differ in terms of emission reduction calculations (e.g. separate
generic CPA-DDs are not required for installing prefabricated project stoves of efficiency N under
methodology AMSII.G by manufacturer M1 versus installing prefabricated project stoves of efficiency N
under methodology AMSII.G by manufacturer M2).
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Also referred to as actual-case or real-case CPA-DDs.
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For example: the geographic reference for stationary CPAs; the registration number or GPS devices for
mobile CPAs.
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217. The coordinating/managing entity shall demonstrate the additionality of the proposed
CDM PoA in accordance with the Standard: Demonstration of additionality,
development of eligibility criteria and application of multiple methodologies for
programmes of activities.
12.6.3. Sampling
218. If the coordinating/managing entity utilizes sampling for the determination of parameter
values for calculating GHG emission reductions, the coordinating/managing entity shall
develop and describe the sampling plan in accordance with the Standard for sampling
and surveys for CDM project activities and programme of activities.
219. If the request for issuance of the PoA is done as per paragraph 315(c)(ii) and (iii), the
sampling shall be conducted at the level of the batch or CPA.
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225. The coordinating/managing entity shall confirm that the start date of any proposed CPA
is on or after the start date of the PoA.24
24
Exceptions indicated for A/R project activities under paragraph 145(c) also apply to A/R CPAs, i.e. any
A/R project activity that started after 1 January 2000, but has not been registered as a CDM project
activity may be included as a CPA in an A/R PoA after 31 December 2005 as long as the first
verification of the A/R CPA occurs after the date of inclusion of this CPA, and the A/R CPA can accrue
temporary certified emission reductions (tCERs) or long-term certified emission reductions (lCERs) as
of the starting date.
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See footnote 23 above.
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230. The coordinating/managing entity shall state the start date of the crediting period of the
proposed CDM CPA in the format dd/mm/yyyy, and shall not attach any qualifications to
the start date, such as expected.
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site. For project activities with phased implementation, project participants shall
indicate the progress of the project activity achieved in each phase;
(c) Description of:
(i) The events or situations that occurred during the monitoring period that
may impact the applicability of the applied methodology and, where
applicable, the applied standardized baseline;
(ii) How the issues resulting from these events or situations have been
addressed.
245. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall indicate whether any
request for prior approval by the Board of changes to the registered CDM project activity
or PoA has been submitted, in accordance with the Project cycle procedure, and, if
applicable, the date of approval.
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(d) Provide and/or identify the source of data (e.g. logbooks, daily records, surveys,
etc.);
(e) Provide the calculation method of the parameter, where relevant;
(f) Describe the QA/QC procedures applied (if applicable per monitoring plan);
(g) Provide information about appropriate emission factors, IPCC default values and
any other reference values that have been used in the calculation of GHG
emission reductions or net GHG removals.
249. If data and parameters monitored are determined by a sampling approach, the project
participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall describe how the sampling has
been conducted in accordance with the sampling plan in the registered PDD, PoA-DD or
CPA-DD.
250. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall indicate whether any
request for temporary deviations or permanent changes from the registered monitoring
plan, applied methodology or applied standardized baseline has been submitted, in
accordance with the Project cycle procedure, and, if applicable, include the date of
approval.
251. For a registered CDM project activity using an approved standardized baseline that
standardizes baseline emissions, project participants shall apply, in the first monitoring
report of the first crediting period, the version of the applied standardized baseline that
contains the more conservative standardized value(s) 26 of the parameter(s)
(e.g. emission factors) between the latest version27 applicable at the first day of the first
monitoring period and the latest version applicable at the last day of the first monitoring
period. 28 In the subsequent monitoring reports for the first crediting period, project
participants shall apply:
(a) The same version as the one applied in the first monitoring report, where the
registered CDM project activity applies:
(i) An approved constant standardized baseline that standardizes baseline
emissions and that does not require an ex post application of the
standardized values; or
26
A more conservative value(s) provides lower baseline emissions. However, if a standardized
parameter(s) (e.g. the grid emission factors) as an approved standardized baseline is(are) also used
for the purpose of determining the project emissions and/or leakage emissions, a more conservative
value(s) provides lower emission reductions.
27
The latest version of the applied standardized baseline(s), referred to in paragraphs 251 and 252, does
not refer to the previous version(s) that is(are) still valid after a major and/or minor revision(s) in
accordance with the Procedure: Development, revision, clarification and update of standardized
baselines but refers to the latest version only.
28
See EB 70 meeting report, paragraph 45(c). For example, if version 01.0 is the latest version of the
applied standardized baseline at the first day of the first monitoring period while version 02.0 is the
latest version at the last day of the first monitoring period and contains more conservative values,
version 02.0 applies to the first monitoring report. However, if version 0.10 is the latest version both at
the first and last days of the first monitoring period, then version 01.0 applies to the first monitoring
report.
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See EB70 meeting report, paragraph 45(f). A constant standardized baseline refers to a standardized
baseline without a dynamic factor(s) such as approved standardized baselines ASB0001, ASB0002,
ASB0003 and ASB0004. On the other hand, a dynamic standardized baseline refers to a
standardized baseline with a dynamic factor(s) (e.g. autonomous improvement factors). For example,
one option in the calculation of baseline emissions in the approved methodology AM0070 requires that
a specific electricity consumption of a certain class and design of refrigerators be reduced annually by
a fixed percentage of autonomous improvement factors. Therefore, a standardized baseline developed
using the methodological approach of AM0070 can be a dynamic standardized baseline.
30
This refers to an approved standardized baseline that requires project participants to use the latest
standardized value(s) of baseline emission parameter(s) in the latest version of the standardized
baseline for the monitoring reports subsequent to the first monitoring report.
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See EB 70 meeting report, paragraph 45(d).
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reductions or net GHG removals with all applicable requirements in this Standard and
other applicable CDM rules and requirements.
260. When completing a monitoring report form, project participants shall follow the
instructions for filling out the monitoring report form attached to the form.
261. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall select a DOE for the
verification of the implemented registered CDM project activity or PoA and monitored
GHG emission reductions or net GHG removals for the relevant monitoring period that is
accredited for the verification function and sectoral scope(s) of the project activity.
Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall have a contractual
arrangement with the DOE for the verification.
262. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall submit the completed
monitoring report of the implemented registered CDM project activity or PoA for the
relevant monitoring period, together with supporting documentation, to the selected DOE
for publication and verification.
263. The project participants or the coordinating/managing entity may request the DOE to
withdraw the published monitoring report in accordance with the Project cycle procedure.
264. The project participants or the coordinating/managing entity may request the DOE to
withdraw the request for issuance in accordance with the Project cycle procedure. In this
case, the project participants or the coordinating/managing entity may prepare a revised
monitoring report with the same, reduce or extended monitoring period for publication
and verification by the same or different DOE.
265. If the DOEs verification of the monitoring report has been selected by the secretariat as
a performance assessment under the Procedure for accrediting operational entities by
the Executive Board of the clean development mechanism (CDM), project participants
or the coordinating/managing entity shall facilitate access to the project site for the CDM
assessment team.
266. In case of an A/R CDM project activity and PoA, the project participant or the
coordinating/managing entity may select a time for the DOE to undertake the initial
verification and certification. In case where tCERs are issued, subsequent verification
and certification may be carried out at most once in each subsequent commitment
period, at a time selected by the project participants or the coordinating/managing entity.
In case where lCERs are issued, subsequent verification and certification shall be
carried out within eight years of the date when the previous certification report was
submitted until the end of the crediting period.32
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Decision 4/CMP.10 revised the timing of verification for A/R CDM project activities defined in the annex
to decision 5/CMP.1.
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described in the appendix, which describes the types of changes that do not require prior
approval by the Board.
268. If there is any change regarding the modalities or information in the MoC statement or its
annexes after a request for registration has been submitted, project participants or the
coordinating/managing entity shall revise the MoC statement in accordance with the
Project cycle procedure.
269. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall ensure that any DOE
referred to in paragraphs 273, 276, 280, 282, and 296 below is accredited for the
validation function and sectoral scope(s) of the registered CDM project activity or PoA.
270. The project participants or the coordinating/managing entity wishing to submit a request
for approval of changes shall prepare a revised PDD, PoA-DD or CPA-DD (in both track-
change and clean versions) using the valid version of the applicable PDD, PoA-DD or
CPA-DD form, taking into account the grace period of the form if it has been revised. The
project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall provide a summary of the
changes, including the reasons for the changes and any additional information relating to
the changes to the PDD, PoA-DD or CPA-DD.
271. Apart from the types of changes described in the appendix, project participants or the
coordinating/managing entity shall take into account the types of changes described in
the sections below, which describe the types of changes that require prior approval by
the Board.
13.8.2. Temporary deviations from the registered monitoring plan, applied methodology
or applied standardized baseline
272. If project participants or the coordinating/managing entity are temporarily unable to
monitor the registered CDM project activity or PoA in accordance with the registered
monitoring plan, the applied methodology or the applied standardized baseline, project
participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall describe the nature, extent and
duration of the non-conforming monitoring and the proposed alternative monitoring of the
project activity or PoA in the monitoring report.
273. In such cases, project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall either:
(a) Inform the DOE contracted to perform a verification for the monitoring period
during which they were unable to monitor the registered CDM project activity or
PoA in accordance with the registered monitoring plan, the applied methodology
or the applied standardized baseline; or
(b) Request any DOE at any time prior to the commencement of verification of a
monitoring period to assess the proposed alternative monitoring of the project
activity or PoA.
274. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall apply conservative
assumptions or discount factors to the calculations to the extent required to ensure that
GHG emission reductions will not be over-estimated as a result of the deviation.
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13.8.3.1. Corrections
275. If project participants or the coordinating/managing entity make any corrections to project
information or parameters fixed at validation as described in the registered PDD, PoA-
DD or CPA-DD, project participants shall document these corrections in a revised PDD,
PoA-DD or CPA-DD.
276. In such cases project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall either:
(a) Inform the DOE contracted to perform a verification regarding the corrections; or
(b) Request any DOE at any time prior to the commencement of verification to
assess the corrections.
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289. Changes to a registered CDM project activity may include, but not be limited to:
(a) Changes in the effective output capacity due to increased installed capacity or
increased number of units, or installation of units with lower capacity or units with
a technology which is less advanced than that described in the PDD;
(b) Addition of component or extension of technology;
(c) Removal or addition of one site (or more) of a project activity registered with
multiple sites;
(d) Actual operational parameters which are within the control of project participants
differing from the expected parameters;
(e) Any consequential changes to the baseline methodology and/or the standardized
baseline resulting from subparagraphs (a)(d) above, including changing or
adding another baseline methodology and/or another standardized baseline or
applying a baseline scenario that is more appropriate as a result of the proposed
or actual modifications to the project activity.
290. Changes to a registered CDM PoA shall be limited to:
(a) Changes to programme boundary to expand geographical coverage or to include
additional host Parties;
(b) The following revisions to the eligibility criteria:
(i) If the version of a methodology applied by the PoA is revised or replaced
subsequent to being placed on hold;
(ii) If the revision of the eligibility criteria of a registered PoA is initiated by the
Board at any time during the lifetime of the PoA if an issue related to
environmental integrity is identified;
(iii) If the use of positive lists is introduced based on the Guidelines on the
demonstration of additionality of small-scale project activities or the
provisions of the Guidelines on demonstrating additionality of microscale
project activities;
(c) If a PoA includes more than one generic CPA-DD, the addition of specific-case
CPA-DDs corresponding to generic CPA-DDs for which a specific-case CPA-DD
has not been submitted at the time of request for registration of the PoA;
(d) Removal of methodologies and/or standardized baseline from the registered PoA;
(e) Addition or change of technologies/measures with or without addition or change
of applied methodologies in the registered PoA-DD as follows:
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(i) Changes that allow a shift to more efficient, less GHG-intensive or at least
equivalent technologies/measures;33
(ii) Changes that introduce complementary measures/technologies involving
mass and/or energy transfer to/from the originally registered
technology/measure (e.g. addition or change of Type I methodologies in a
registered PoA primarily applying Type III methodologies).34
291. In the cases referred to in paragraph 290(e) above, the scope of changes shall not cover
adding technologies/measures and methodologies that are not related to the
technologies and methodologies included in the originally registered PoA.35
292. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall report in the revised PDD,
PoA-DD or CPA-DD the impacts of the proposed or actual changes to the registered
CDM project activity, PoA or CPA on the following:
(a) The applicability and application of the applied methodology and, where
applicable, the applied standardized baseline under which the project activity or
PoA has been registered;
(b) Compliance of the monitoring plan with the applied methodology and, where
applicable, the applied standardized baseline;
(c) The level of accuracy and completeness in the monitoring of the project activity or
PoA;
(d) The additionality of the project activity, PoA or CPA;
(e) The scale of the project activity or CPA;
(f) The eligibility criteria of PoA.
293. If the change to a registered CDM PoA is to include additional host Parties in
accordance with paragraph 290(a) above, the coordinating/managing entity shall provide
a specific-case CPA-DD for the additional host Parties. In this case, the specific-case
CPA-DD may correspond to any generic CPA-DD if the PoA defines more than one
generic CPA-DD. The coordinating/managing entity shall obtain a letter of approval from
each DNA of new host Parties in accordance with the requirement in section 7.6.
294. In cases where the proposed or actual changes affect the additionality of the registered
CDM project activity, PoA or CPA, as referred to in paragraph 292(d) above, the
33
Examples of this are shifting to light emitting diode (LED) lighting from compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
lighting, introducing LED lamps with the Solar Home System (SHS) instead of CFL lamps with the
same SHS, shifting from AMS-II.G to AMS-I.E to distribute renewable biomass-burning cookstoves
instead of efficient cookstoves using non-renewable biomass, introducing institutional cookstoves for a
registered household cookstoves PoA, introducing charcoal-burning stoves (fully accounting for
production emissions of charcoal) in a registered PoA that distributes household wood-burning stoves.
34
An example of this is changing the utilization of recovered methane (e.g. from flaring to heat
generation, from heat generation to electricity generation). This may involve the addition/change of
Type I methodologies to registered PoAs applying Type III waste/wastewater methodologies.
35
An example of this is a PoA registered for biogas digesters providing biogas for cooking in households
intending to implement mass rapid transport technologies; this will not be eligible.
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demonstration of the impacts of changes shall be based on all original input data. In
addition: 36
(a) In the case of investment analysis, project participants or the
coordinating/managing entity shall only modify the key parameters in the original
spreadsheet calculations affected by the proposed or actual modifications to the
project activity or PoA;
(b) In cases where only barriers have been claimed to demonstrate additionality,
project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall demonstrate that the
barriers are still valid under the new circumstances.
295. The following applies to a registered CDM project activity using an approved
standardized baseline that standardizes additionality instead of paragraph 294 above: In
cases where the proposed or actual changes affect the additionality of the registered
CDM project activity, as referred to in paragraph 292(d) above, the demonstration of the
impacts of changes shall be based on the additionality criteria (e.g. positive lists of
technologies) identified in the applied standardized baseline(s).
296. Where project participants or the coordinating/managing entity cannot demonstrate
compliance with the requirements of the applied methodology and, where applicable, the
applied standardized baseline under which the CDM project activity or PoA has been
registered, project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall:
(a) Revise the PDD, PoA-DD or CPA-DD applying:
(i) The latest version of the methodology and/or the standardized baseline; or
(ii) Another methodology and/or another standardized baseline that is(are)
applicable to the project activity or PoA; and
(b) Demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the selected methodology
and/or the selected standardized baseline.
297. In such cases, project participants or the coordinating/managing entity shall either:
(a) Submit the revised PDD, PoA-DD or CPA-DD, together with a monitoring report,
to the DOE contracted to perform the verification for the monitoring period of the
relevant project activity; or
(b) Request any DOE at any time prior to the commencement of verification of a
monitoring period to validate the revised PDD, PoA-DD or CPA-DD.
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If a proposed or actual modification adversely impacts the additionality of the project activity,
subsequent requests for issuance based on such modifications will be rejected.
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consistent with the names of the registered project participants for the CDM project
activity or PoA.
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For an explanation on the standardized baseline whose selection is mandatory, see footnote 5 above.
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period on the current baseline GHG emissions, without reassessing the baseline
scenario.
304. The requirements contained in paragraph 303 above are not applicable to a registered
CDM project activity using the valid version of an applicable approved standardized
baseline that standardizes the baseline scenario in accordance with paragraph 301
above.
305. Where data and parameters used for determining the original baseline that was
determined ex ante (and not monitored during the crediting period) are no longer valid,
project participants shall update such data and parameters in accordance with the Tool
to assess the validity of the original/current baseline and to update the baseline at the
renewal of a crediting period.
306. Project participants shall commence the next crediting period on the day immediately
after the expiration of the current crediting period.
307. Project participants or the coordinating/managing entity wishing to combine a request for
approval of any types of changes to the project activity, or PoA or specific-case CPA with
the request for renewal of the crediting period may submit the request in accordance
with the Project cycle procedure.
308. Project participants shall engage a DOE to undertake a validation of the updated PDD of
the registered CDM project activity.
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requirements in the latest version of the registered PoA-DD and generic CPA-DDs
including eligibility criteria.
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For related information, see EB 81 report, paragraph 79.
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322. The coordinating/managing entity shall not re-include an excluded CPA in the registered
CDM PoA.
323. The coordinating/managing entity shall confirm that the proposed CDM project activity or
CPA is not a CPA that has been voluntarily excluded or excluded as a result of
erroneous inclusion from a registered CDM PoA.
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1. Corrections
1. Any corrections to project information1 of a registered clean development mechanism
(CDM) project activity or programme of activities (PoA) that do not affect the design of
the project activity or the PoA do not require prior approval by the CDM Executive Board
(the Board).
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Such corrections may include typographical errors, location, names and numbers of components, etc.
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standardized baseline and/or the registered monitoring plan is deducted from the
measured value;2
(b) If the parameter is used for calculating project GHG emissions, the difference
between the accuracy level of the installed monitoring equipment and the
accuracy prescribed by the applied methodology, where applicable, the applied
standardized baseline and/or the registered monitoring plan is added to the
measured value.3
5. Changes to the monitoring of the registered CDM project activity or PoA of a type listed
below do not require prior approval by the Board:
(a) Change of calibration frequency or practice for monitoring equipment not within
the control of project participants or the coordinating/managing entity;
(b) Change of accuracy/type/model of meter(s) as per a power purchase agreement
(PPA); or
(c) Change of location of meter(s) as per a PPA;
(d) Change of location of electricity meters if the transmission loss is taken into
account;
(e) Change of location of substation not within the control of the project participants
or the coordinating/managing entity;
(f) Change of calibration frequency or practice for monitoring equipment as per the
applied methodology or national standard; or
(g) Change of frequency of monitoring certain parameters as per the applied
methodology.
2
For example, if the accuracy level required by the monitoring plan is 0.2s and the accuracy level of the
installed equipment is 0.5s, the measured value shall be adjusted as follows: adjusted value =
measured value - measured value * 0.003.
3
For example, if the accuracy level required by the monitoring plan is 0.2s and the accuracy level of the
installed equipment is 0.5s, the measured value shall be adjusted as follows: adjusted value =
measured value + measured value * 0.003.
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7. For PoAs, the use of a positive list for demonstrating additionality based on the latest
approved version of the Guidelines on the demonstration of additionality of small-scale
project activities or the Guidelines on demonstrating additionality of microscale project
activities does not require prior approval.
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PoA.
03.0 12 April 2013 Revision to paragraphs 24 and 25 to align with relevant provisions
in the Procedure: Development, revision and clarification of
baseline and monitoring methodologies and methodological tools
(CDM-EB70-A36-PROC) to allow project participants to, through
a DOE or directly, submit to the secretariat a request for revision
or a request for clarification for any type of methodologies or
methodological tools.
02.1 3 December 2012 Updated to include footnote numbers 18 and 19 and editorial
changes to paragraphs 144(b) and 163(b) and footnote 15.
02.0 23 November 2012 EB 70, Annex 2
Revision to reflect revised requirements for PoAs.
01.0 25 November 2011 EB 65, Annex 5
Initial adoption.
This document, along with the Clean development mechanism
validation and verification standard and the Clean development
mechanism project cycle procedure, supersedes and replaces
the following documents on the date when these three documents
above enter into force:
Clean development mechanism validation and verification
manual (version 01.2)
Procedures for requesting post-registration changes to
the start date of the crediting period (version 02.0)
Procedures for modalities of communication between
project participants and the Executive Board
(version 01.0)
Procedures for registration of a programme of activities
as a single CDM project activity and issuance of certified
emission reductions for a programme of activities
(version 04.1)
Procedures for renewal of the crediting period of a
registered CDM project activity (version 06.0)
Procedures for notifying and requesting approval of
changes from the project activity as described in the
registered PDD (version 01.0)
Procedures for revising monitoring plans in accordance
with paragraph 57 of the modalities and procedures for
the CDM (version 02.0)
Guidelines on the demonstration and assessment of prior
consideration of the CDM (version 04.0)
Guidance related to monitoring requirements (EB23,
paragraph 24)
Guidance related to project activity with more than one
component (EB28, paragraph 57)
Guidance on application of the definition of the project
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