Mount Prospect Forest Carbon Offsets
#75of 389 in United States#33of 59 in City Forest Credits (CFC)
Audit Analysis
The Mount Prospect urban forestry project is a well-structured municipal tree-planting initiative with a verified combined additionality test, jurisdictional baseline, and a 5% buffer pool, but it lacks any quantified leakage treatment and several safeguards details (FPIC, grievance mechanism) are absent from the record. The verified emissions reduction of 284 tCO₂e aligns closely with the pro-rata expectation for the elapsed monitoring period, suggesting no material over-crediting. Overall a moderate-quality project with a notable gap in leakage accounting.
Red Flags
- Leakage deduction and justification are entirely absent from the extracted record; for an urban forestry project where tree removal or land-use change elsewhere could offset gains, this is a material gap.
- The verification report and validation report disagree on the crediting period start date (2019-09-10 vs 2022-06-13), creating ambiguity about the true project timeline and the denominator for pro-rata calculations.
- The VVB is an individual (Brian Goodall) rather than an accredited verification body, raising questions about institutional independence and capacity.
Credit Vintages
| Issued | Retired | Available | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 284 | 0 | 284 | |
| Total | 284 | 0 | 284 |
Risk Indicators
VVB-confirmed combined test
mixed evidence / unresolved risk
No deduction or justification stated
Jurisdictional baseline
Safeguards mentioned; FPIC and grievance mechanism not stated
CORSIA and CCP status not stated
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