Tool: GHG Reversal Risk and Buffer Contribution
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.
| Reference | CR-I Tool for Determination of GHG Reversal Risk and Buffer Contribution |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Date | 16 September 2021 |
| Applies to | AFOLU projects in sectoral scopes 14 and 15; VVBs |
| Download | Reversal risk tool (PDF) |
What it covers
- Risk categories, scoring and ranking over a 100-year Minimum Project Term (section 3)
- The Minimum Buffer Percentage and contribution options (section 4)
- Monitoring and reporting reversals (section 5)
- Compensation of reversals (section 6)
- Validation and verification (section 7)
Read more in Reversal risk and the buffer pool and Reporting and compensating reversals.

