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ScoredCDMMethane avoidanceBrazilRegistry: RegisteredAM0016

AWMS GHG Mitigation Project BR05-B-12, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, and Sao Paulo, Brazil

Developer: AgCert Do Brasil Solucoes Ambientais Ltda

CDM-0472 ↗

#166of 381 in Brazil#2312of 4472 in CDM (UNFCCC)#13of 40 in AM0016

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 5.2 / 10 Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Analysis

This CDM methane-avoidance project (anaerobic wastewater management across four Brazilian states) has a solid VVB-confirmed investment additionality test and a reputable verifier (DNV), but is undermined by a project-specific modeled baseline last reassessed in 2005, five material findings including unimplemented sites and baseline calculation errors, three outstanding corrective actions, and unresolved contradictions in leakage treatment and lifetime emission-reduction estimates. Key MRV parameters (FNRB, usage monitoring, verified ERR) are absent from the extracted record, limiting confidence in the claimed figures.

Red Flags

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Findings

Risk Indicators

Additionality

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Permanence

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Leakage

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Baseline

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Safeguards

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Double-claim

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Evidence

Eligibility & market

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  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    Not published

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  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: methodology

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    Not published

    This registry does not publish Article 6 authorizations.

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2008
56,838056,838
2009
110,9990110,999
2010
25,224025,224
2012
114,1250114,125
Total307,1860307,186

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Analysis ProvenanceAM0016

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