Comment: Members within IETA’s broad and diverse membership have a variety of views on tonne-year accounting. We recognize the flexibility that it can provide, potential enrollment of new landowners who are unwilling or unable to enroll in programs that require long-term commitments, the focus on achieved climate benefits that are not at risk of reversal – thereby adding certainty related to permanence and providing an alternative approach to non-permanence risk. However, there are also several concerns that have been raised, that we urge Verra to consider as the proposed updates and methodology developments are approved and finalized.
Commenter Organization: International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
Commenter: Ellen Lourie
2021 Deferred Harvest Methodology Section: No Section Indicated
Comment: Members within IETA’s broad and diverse membership have a variety of views on tonne-year accounting. We recognize the flexibility that it can provide, potential enrollment of new landowners who are unwilling or unable to enroll in programs that require long-term commitments, the focus on achieved climate benefits that are not at risk of reversal – thereby adding certainty related to permanence and providing an alternative approach to non-permanence risk. However, there are also several concerns that have been raised, that we urge Verra to consider as the proposed updates and methodology developments are approved and finalized.
Proposed Change: No Proposed Change