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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.

DocumentsLast reviewed 23 October 2026

ReferenceCR-I Tool for Determination of GHG Reversal Risk and Buffer Contribution
Version1.0
Date16 September 2021
Applies toAFOLU projects in sectoral scopes 14 and 15; VVBs
DownloadReversal 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.

The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, with SDG 13 Climate Action highlighted. Every CR-I project contributes to at least four SDGs, including SDG 13.