Peculiarities of validation of climate projects, verification of their implementation results and changes in requirements for greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies

The voluntary market for the circulation of carbon units has been operating in Russia since 2022, thanks to which leading Russian companies register their climate projects in the registry of carbon units, issue and conduct transactions with carbon units. Given the importance of the financial implications of such operations, the confirmation of the reliability of data on actual greenhouse gas emissions and/or their absorption is of particular importance, so the issuance of carbon units is preceded by the validation of climate projects and verification of their results. Confidence in the conclusions on validation and verification is ensured by compliance of greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies with accreditation criteria which are harmonised with international standards and documents of international accreditation organisations. Thus, to recognise the results of validation and verification as in Russia also abroad, greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies need to ensure constant monitoring of changes in accreditation criteria and timely implementation of changes in their management system. This research considers the specifics of validation of climate projects and verification of their results, as well as an analysis of changes in the requirements for the activities of greenhouse gas validation and verification bodies in 2025.