Documents
Plain-language summaries of every CR-I standard, procedure, tool and guideline, with links to the official documents.
Each article summarises one official document: what it covers, who it applies to and its key rules. The official document always prevails. You can also download every document from the Standards and Templates pages.
Version 1.1 of the Carbon Standard and the Validation and Verification Standard applies from 7 March 2026. It lowers the project scale thresholds, adds Independent VVB Experts for micro-scale projects, relaxes validation deadlines and broadens VVB eligibility.
The Programme Guide is CR-I’s umbrella document. It sets out the programme’s objectives, scope, principles, governance, roles, IT system, and complaints and appeals.
The Carbon Standard sets the rules for designing, implementing and monitoring projects and for designing methodologies. Version 1.1 applies from 7 March 2026.
The Validation and Verification Standard sets the rules VVBs follow to validate projects, verify results and assess methodologies, including eligibility, materiality and performance review.
The Registration and Issuance Procedure sets out each step of the project cycle: listing, consultation, registration, verification, issuance, design changes, renewals, the buffer pool and reversals.
The Methodology Approval Procedure sets out how new methodologies, pre-approved methodologies and revisions are submitted, consulted on, assessed, approved and listed.
The VVB Empanelment Procedure sets out who can become a CR-I VVB and the steps from application to listing on the Registry website.
This tool sets how every project shows its contribution to at least four SDGs, including SDG 13, and how it calculates its SD impact factor.
This tool sets how land-based projects score the risk of reversals, determine their Minimum Buffer Percentage, contribute to the Buffer Pool, and report and compensate reversals.
These guidelines let several micro or small-scale projects be validated, registered and verified as one Project Cluster while each keeps its identity.
These guidelines set the alternatives NCCF can approve when health emergencies, civil unrest or conflict prevent normal consultation, validation or verification.
This draft guideline sets a special provision for projects registered under the CDM since 2016 to convert to CR-I, with MCUs from 1 January 2019.
CR-I provides Word templates for every document in the project and methodology cycles, from the DPD to the methodology assessment report. Always use the current version.
The Fee Schedule lists every Registry fee in Indian Rupees, from account opening to issuance, retirement, methodologies and VVB empanelment. It has applied since 16 September 2021.
The Glossary of Terms defines the words used across CR-I documents. The Terms and Conditions are the contract every account holder accepts.
