Guide

Carbon-project pre-feasibility: questions to document

A pre-scoping framework covering activity, baseline, additionality, data, MRV, risks and co-benefits before specialized assessment.

Advisory and research illustration

Activity and scope

  • Which activity reduces, avoids or sequesters emissions?
  • Where and for how long?
  • Who controls assets and data?

Baseline and additionality

  • What happens without the project?
  • Which technical, financial or institutional barriers?
  • Is carbon finance decisive for the project scenario?

MRV

  • Which activity data?
  • Which measurement methods and frequencies?
  • Which quality controls and evidence?

Risks and co-benefits

  • Permanence, leakage, double counting or project-specific risks
  • Social and environmental impacts
  • Measurable local benefits