INTERCARBO
Audit Analysis
InterCarbo is a biochar production-and-storage carbon removal project in its pre-crediting development phase (crediting period 2026–2041). The PDD presents a combined additionality test, a 1,000-year permanence claim supported by only a 2% buffer pool, and a 0% leakage deduction justified as negligible, but no independent verification body is identified and no monitoring or verification data exist yet. The project's reliance on fossil energy for production and the absence of a life-cycle assessment raise material questions about the net-removal claim.
Red Flags
- 1,000-year permanence claim supported by only a 2% buffer pool — the buffer is thin relative to the extraordinary duration of the storage claim
- No verification body (VVB) is named in any available document; additionality is described as a 'combined' test but independent confirmation is not evidenced
- Fossil energy source for biochar production with no life-cycle assessment present, leaving the net-removal balance unquantified
- 0% leakage deduction justified only as 'deemed negligible' without a quantified analysis or reference to a specific methodology provision
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Risk Indicators
Combined test in PDD; no VVB confirmation found
1,000-yr claim; 2% buffer; no reversal events yet
0% deduction; 'deemed negligible' without quantified analysis
Project-specific; no reassessment date; not yet due under standard
FPIC, grievance mechanism, benefit sharing all documented
CORSIA and CCP status not stated in available documents
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