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identified on the basis of conservative assumptions, that the project scenario is not
part of the identified baseline scenario and that the project will lead to GHG emission
reductions or enhancements of removals;
- Provision of traceable and transparent information that an accredited independent
entity has already positively determined that a comparable project (to be) implemented
under comparable circumstances (same GHG mitigation measure, same country, similar
technology, similar scale) would result in a GHG emission reduction or an enhancement
of removals that is additional to any that would otherwise occur and a justification why
this determination is relevant for the project at hand.
(c) The approach chosen, including its appropriateness, shall be justified as a basis for the
determination referred to in paragraph 33 of the JI guidelines.
[Annex 1 to the Guidance of criteria for baseline setting and monitoring version 01 (JISC04, Annex 6)]
(4) Calculation of emission reductions or enhancements of removals
(a) The GHG emission reductions or enhancements of removals generated by the project have
to be estimated ex ante in the PDD of the project and calculated ex post according to the
monitoring plan included in the PDD:
• On a periodic basis;
• At least from the beginning until the end of the crediting period;
• On a source-by-source/ sink-by-sink basis;
• In tonnes of CO 2 equivalent, using global warming potentials (GWPs) defined by decision 2/
CP.3 or as subsequently revised in accordance with Article 5 of the Kyoto Protocol.
(b) Reductions of emissions or enhancements of removals of GHGs generated by JI projects are
estimated/ calculated by comparing the quantified GHG emissions or removals within the
project boundary in the baseline scenario with those in the project scenario and adjusting for
leakage. In practice, this estimation/calculation can be conducted, as appropriate, in one of
the following two ways:
• Assessment of GHG emissions or removals in the baseline scenario and in the project
scenario:
(i) Estimation/ calculation of GHG emissions or removals within the project boundary in
the baseline scenario;
(ii) Estimation/ calculation of GHG emissions or removals within the project boundary in
the project scenario;
(iii) Difference of the results of the estimations/ calculations referred to in subparagraphs (i)
and (ii) above;
(iv) Adjustment of the result of subparagraph (iii) above for leakage;
• Direct assessment of emission reductions:
(i) Direct estimation/ calculation of the difference between the GHG emissions within the
project boundary in the baseline scenario and in the project scenario (e.g. in the case
of landfill gas projects, the emission reductions can be calculated by multiplying the
methane captured with an appropriate factor based on the GWP of methane);
(ii) Adjustment of the result of subparagraph (i) above for leakage.
(c) The project boundary chosen affects the identification of sources/ sinks for which emissions
or removals have to be assessed when estimating/ calculating GHG emission reductions or
enhancements of removals.
[Annex 2 to the Guidance of criteria for baseline setting and monitoring version 01 (JISC04, Annex 6)]
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