Methodology for assessing the quality of carbon credits

Version history of the methodology

• What makes a high-quality carbon credit? (June 2020)
• Version 0.1: An initial version of the methodology that was used for piloting was published in August 2021
• Version 1.0: Based on the findings from the pilot application, version 1.0 of the methodology was released in November 2021
• Version 2.0: Based on the outcome from COP26 in Glasgow, and incorporating other improvements, version 2.0 of the methodology was released in March 2022
• Version 3.0 (current version): Version 3.0 of the methodology includes further improvements and adjustments to the score calculation. This version has been used to calculate the Scores.