Kyoto offset mechanisms:
Name of Program | Who Administers? | Who Validates/ Verifies? | Who Approves? | Name of Registry |
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Clean Development Mechanism | UNFCCC Secretariat | Designated Operational Entities (DOEs) | CDM Executive Board | CDM Registry |
Voluntary programs:
Name of Program | Who Administers? | Who Validates/ Verifies? | Who Approves? | Name of Registry |
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American Carbon Registry | Winrock, ACR Directror | ACR approved verifiers or verifiers approved under CDM, JI, VCS and the Cli-mate Action Reserve. Start-ing 10 2010, verifiers must be ANSI certified. | ACR approved verifiers. | American Carbon Registry |
Climate Action Reserve | Board of Directors | ANSI-accredited independent verifiers approved by the Reserve. | State of California and the Climate Action Reserve | Climate Action Reserve administered by APX Inc. |
Gold Standard | Gold Standard Foundation, GS Secretariat, Foundation Board, GS Technical Advisory Committee (GS TAC), GS NGO Supporters | DOEs | GS TAC, GS Secretariat, GS NGO Supporters | The Gold Standard VER Registry administered by APX Inc. |
Verified Carbon Standard | Verra Board of Directors | Accredited VCS auditors | Accredited VCS auditors | Launched 3/17/09 the VCS Project Database and approved registries: - APX Inc. - Markit Environmental Registry |
Plan Vivo | Plan Vivo Foundation | Plan Vivo Foundation | Plan Vivo Foundation | Plan Vivo registry administered by Markit. |
Social Carbon Methodology | Ecológica Institute (Brazil) | Certifying Entities: DOEs, auditors approved by SCM, and auditors that have ‘proven experience in the validation/verification of projects […]’ | Certifying Entities | Social Carbon Registry administered by Markit |