Protocol vs Sectoral methodologies
The need for sectoral methodologies
The Protocol is a helpful document, but it’s still high-level and doesn’t provide enough detail for specific industries.
To speed up adoption, make it easier to use, and allow for comparisons, the Association regularly verifies and endorses external methodologies developed for different sectors.
However, the topics of avoided and removed emissions remain complex and, in many areas, there is still no methodological consensus. To fill this gap, the Climate Dividends Association is creating simple guidelines based on the needs of the organizations joining the initiative. These guidelines are called "cookbooks" and are publicly and freely accessible on our website.
You can check them on this link.
These guidelines are intentionally straightforward but haven’t been widely validated outside the Association. They are meant to be temporary and will be replaced when a solid external methodology is available. They are also meant only for use within the Climate Dividends framework.
More details on sectoral methodologies
Generally speaking, the rules laid out in a sectoral methodology prevail over the rules of the Protocol, given that they are more precise.
E.g. the baseline can take into account the remaining lifetime of the Solution (similarly to the NZI decision tree) in the sectoral methodology.
The sectoral methodologies (external and cookbooks) contain structuring informations on the methodology, such as:
Functional Unit
Baseline scenario
Key hypothesis
Data sources
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If you have questions on a sectoral methodology or you wish to suggest one, feel free to write directly to us. 📩
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