Carbon Market V&V
Credible carbon. Credits the market will actually pay for.
Independent validation and verification across the Article 6 architecture, VCS, Gold Standard, and emerging African crediting pathways.
The voluntary and compliance carbon markets have grown faster than the verification infrastructure underpinning them.
Investors are scrutinising integrity. Buyers want defensible credits. Governments are tightening MRV. Independent, standards-aligned validation and verification is not optional — it is the only thing standing between a project and the market.
EDAT exists to provide that layer for African projects.
Price premium for verified carbon credits vs unverified
Source: Voluntary Carbon Market Intelligence, 2024
Required by most major voluntary carbon registries
VCS, Gold Standard, Article 6.4 Supervisory Body
Requires independent third-party V&V for credit transfer
Paris Agreement rulebook, COP26 Glasgow Package
The Article 6 architecture, explained
Article 6 establishes how countries and project developers cooperate on emission reductions internationally. EDAT covers all three principal mechanisms.
Bilateral & multilateral transfers
Cooperative Approaches — ITMOs
Bilateral and multilateral arrangements between countries to transfer Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs). EDAT independently verifies the underlying mitigation activities and validates the corresponding adjustments needed to avoid double-counting.
EDAT's role
Verification of mitigation activities · Corresponding adjustment validation · MRV framework audit
UN-supervised successor to the CDM
The Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism
The Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM), supervised by the UNFCCC. EDAT's assessments align with the methodologies and project standards established by the Supervisory Body — covering project design validation through periodic verification.
EDAT's role
Project design document (PDD) validation · Monitoring report verification · Additionality assessment
Policy alignment & MRV auditing
Non-Market Approaches
Cooperation frameworks that do not involve credit transfer — focused on capacity building, technology transfer, and policy alignment. EDAT independently audits MRV systems and reporting frameworks for conformance with the Article 6.8 work programme requirements.
EDAT's role
MRV framework audit · Reporting standard verification · Institutional MRV assessment
Beyond Article 6 — major voluntary and compliance standards
The largest voluntary carbon standard globally
Credits tied to sustainable development co-benefits
American Carbon Registry — established compliance and voluntary standard
Climate Action Reserve — North American offset programs
Community-based land use and agroforestry projects
UN-supervised Paris Agreement crediting mechanism
International aviation offset mechanism (ICAO)
Emerging jurisdictional programmes and national registries
From raw data to issued credit
Measurement, Reporting, and Verification is the operational backbone of every credible carbon market. EDAT independently verifies at every stage.
Measurement
Baseline quantification, additionality assessment, and emission factor selection are independently assessed against the applicable methodology. EDAT verifies the adequacy of what is measured, at what frequency, and within what uncertainty bounds.
- →Baseline study and reference level verification
- →Additionality assessment
- →Monitoring plan adequacy review
- →Emission factor and uncertainty verification
Reporting
Periodic monitoring reports, data trail documentation, uncertainty quantification, and registry submission preparation. The reporting framework is the evidence chain EDAT tests during verification.
- →Monitoring report structure and content
- →Data quality assurance and control
- →Uncertainty quantification and aggregation
- →Registry submission preparation
Verification
EDAT's role — independent evidence assessment, site visits, data testing, clarification cycles, and the issuance of a verification opinion that allows credit issuance in the registry.
- →Evidence assessment and site visits
- →Data testing and cross-referencing
- →Corrective action requests (CARs)
- →Independent verification opinion
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