Comparative analysis of the forest climatic standards REDD+
https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2024.248.75-88
Abstract
The GHG standard implies a set of rules and procedures for the greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment. The most prominent standards include VCS (Verified Carbon Standard), CCB (Climate, Community and Biodiversity), VCS+CCB, REDD.plus platform of the REDD+ mechanism, World Bank FCPF (Forest Carbon Partnership Facility), ART (Architecture for REDD+ Transactions) TREES (The REDD+ Environmental Excellence Standard), CAR (Climate Action Reserve), and GS (Gold Standard). For comparative analysis, these standards are analyzed and evaluated against a series of criteria. These criteria are: Baseline, Additionality, Permanence, Leakage, Uncertainty, Nesting, Double Counting, Safeguards, Registry, Monitoring and Verification, Governance and Accounting, Human Rights. Comparative analysis provides basis for the evaluation of the carbon credits traded in the current carbon markets.
About the Authors
M. A. Lobovikov
St.Petersburg State Forest Technical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Lobovikov Maxim A. – PhD (Economics), Associate Professor, Executive director of the International Centre for forestry and forest industry (ICFFI),
194021. Institutsky per. 5. St. Petersburg
N. K. Pryadilina
Ural state forest technical university
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Pryadilina Natalia K. – PhD (Economics), docent of the Department of economics and economic security,
620100. Sibirsky Trakt str. 37. Ekaterinburg
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Lobovikov M.A., Pryadilina N.K. Comparative analysis of the forest climatic standards REDD+. Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoj lesotehniceskoj akademii. 2024;(248):75-88. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21266/2079-4304.2024.248.75-88
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