Vikrar í landi Skriðufells í Þjórsárdal

Audit Analysis

This Icelandic sequestration/removal project (ICR-45) has only a 2019 Project Design Document and one unidentified document in the available record. No additionality test, baseline methodology, permanence mechanism, leakage treatment, or verification by an independent body is documented, leaving the claimed 17,676 tCO₂e entirely unsubstantiated.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Sequestration/removal project with no documented buffer pool or permanence mechanism — carbon stored in biomass or soil is fully exposed to reversal risk with no safety net
• ⚠No additionality assessment of any type found in the available record; the project's causal contribution to emissions reduction is unproven
• ⚠No baseline methodology stated, making the 17,676 tCO₂e claimed reduction impossible to validate against a counterfactual
• ⚠No independent verification body (VVB) identified; no verification or monitoring reports in the record
• ⚠Leakage treatment entirely absent for a land-use/forestry project where displacement of activity is a well-known risk
• ⚠Leakage not addressed in project documentation
• ⚠Buffer pool size not disclosed in available documents

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