Cleveland Forest Carbon Offsets
#25of 345 in United States#10of 59 in City Forest Credits (CFC)
Audit Analysis
The Cleveland Forest Carbon Offsets project is a tree preservation initiative under the City Forest Credits standard with a VVB-verified combined additionality test and a 10% buffer pool. The verification report confirms no significant canopy loss over the three-year monitoring period, though several key parameters (leakage percentage, FNRB method, baseline reassessment date) remain unstated. The project is not CORSIA-eligible, and the minor discrepancy between the PDD and verification report ERR figures was resolved in favor of the lower, verified value.
Red Flags
- Leakage justification is described as 'quantified' in the verification report, yet no specific deduction percentage is stated in any available document, leaving the actual magnitude of the leakage treatment unverifiable.
- The baseline is project-specific with no documented reassessment date, and the CFC standard's reassessment cadence is not confirmed in the extracted record.
- Safeguards documentation is absent: no FPIC, no grievance mechanism, and no explicit safeguards statement were found in any of the five source documents.
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,139 | 0 | 4,139 | |
| Total | 4,139 | 0 | 4,139 |
Risk Indicators
Combined test, VVB-verified
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
Quantified but no percentage stated
Project-specific, no reassessment date
No FPIC, no grievance mechanism
Not CORSIA-eligible, CCP not stated
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