01CarbonBlaze explainer
Quality is not a single badge.
Quality involves multiple questions and degrees of confidence. A source, project, registry, or program should not be treated as a shortcut around reading the available evidence.
02CarbonBlaze explainer
Start with the core integrity questions.
Does the credited outcome appear additional? Is it quantified with a defensible method? What are the risks to durability? Can the credit be uniquely tracked? Are social and environmental safeguards addressed? Is double counting considered?
03CarbonBlaze explainer
Ask what is transparent and what remains uncertain.
A strong research process looks for accessible methods, monitoring evidence, independent validation or verification where relevant, registry information, and plain descriptions of remaining risks.
Common questions
What is additionality?
Additionality asks whether an emissions outcome would have occurred without the incentive created by carbon-credit revenue. It is an important but inherently evaluative question.
What is permanence?
Permanence concerns how long an emissions reduction or removal is expected to endure and how a program addresses potential reversals.