Eligibility List

Approved Carbon Crediting Programmes and  Methodologies 

Any mitigation project must utilise methodologies approved by either the Global Standard for the Global Goals (GS4GG), Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), American Carbon Registry (ACR) or the Global Carbon Council (GCC) program.

Project applicants should check with the respective websites to ensure that the methodology used for the project is up to date. Otherwise, project applications may not be accepted.

The programmes and methodologies approved by both Papua New Guinea and Singapore are:

• Gold Standard for the Global Goals (GS4GG)

  All methodologies published before 31 March 2023 except:

  • those under the “Land Use and Forestry & Agriculture” category of GS4GG;

  • Methodology For Animal Waste Management and Biogas Application V1.1;

  • Methodology For Collection of Macroalgae to Avoid Emissions From Decomposition V1.0;

  • Carbon Sequestration Through Accelerated Carbonation of Concrete Aggregate V1.0; and

  • Two And Three Wheeled Personal Transportation V1.0.

• Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)

  All methodologies published before 31 March 2023 except VM0044 and those that are under the “Sectoral Scope 14” category of VCS and are not indicated below:

  • Scenario 2a and 3 of VCS Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ (JNR) framework

  • VM0012

  • VM0022

  • VM0026 (and VMD0040)

  • VM0032

  • VM0033

  • VM0036

  • VM0041

  • VM0042

  Where any VCS methodology is used, the project participant will be required to demonstrate the Sustainable Development contributions or co-benefits of the relevant mitigation activity by submitting to the Joint Committee its verification report under the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards (CCB Standards), the Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard (SD VISta) or another standard recognised by VCS for such purpose.

• American Carbon Registry (ACR)

  All methodologies published before 31 March 2023, except those that are under the “Sectoral Scope 3 (Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry)” category of ACR.

• Global Carbon Council (GCC)

  All methodologies published before 31 March 2023, excluding the following activities and methodologies:

  • Nuclear energy

  • HFC-23 abatement

  • Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD)

  • Afforestation & Reforestation (A&R)

  • Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)

  • activities in the GCC’s “Regional Positive List”

  • GCCM004

  • GCCM005

The above list of offset programmes and methodologies meet the eligibility criteria, environmental integrity, and domestic laws, regulations and administrative frameworks of both Papua New Guinea and Singapore.

Though pre-approvals have been granted to the above list of methodologies, the applicability of these methodologies may be further assessed by both Papua New Guinea and Singapore when project applicant submits for registration. Based on the further assessment, Singapore or Papua New Guinea may refuse to authorise a mitigation activity in scenarios where its methodology fails to qualify as a pre-approved methodology under Annex A of the IA. The refusal for authorisation may be because:

• The methodology is not aligned with relevant domestic laws, regulations and administrative frameworks of respective countries, when a project applicant submits its application.

• The methodology has been suspended or placed under formal review by a relevant offset programme at the point when the project applicant submits the application for authorisation of a mitigation activity.

• The methodology is not the latest version of a methodology listed in the Eligibility List.

 Additional environmental integrity requirements and safeguards imposed by Singapore can be found here.