ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 14064-2 Second edition 2019-04 Greenhouse gases Part 2: Specification with guidance at the project level for quantification, monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emission reductions or removal enhancements Gaz a effet de serre - Partie 2: Specifications et lignes directrices, au niveau des projets, pour la quantification, la surveillance et la redaction de rapports sur les reductions d'émissions ou les accroissements de suppressions des gaz a effet de serre Reference number ISO 14064-2:2019(E) os1 @ IS0 2019 IS0 14064-2:2019(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ ISO 2019 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either IsO at the address below or Iso's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office CP 401 : Ch. de Blandonnet 8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva Phone: +4122 749 0111 Fax: +41 22 749 09 47 Email: [email protected] Website: www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ IS0 2019 - All rights reserved IS0 14064-2:2019(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions ..1 3.1 Terms relating to greenhouse gases. 3.2 Terms relating to the GHG quantification process 3.3 Terms relating to organizations and interested parties 4 3.4 Terms relating to verification and validation 5 4 Principles ..5 4.1 General 5 4.2 Relevance .5 4.3 Completeness .6 4.4 Consistency ..6 4.5 Accuracy .6 4.6 Transparency .6 4.7 Conservativeness ..6 5 Introduction to GHG projects .6 .8 6 Requirements for GHG projects 6.1 General requirements ..8 6.2 Describing the project .9 6.3 Identifying GHG SSRs relevant to the project .10 6.4 Determining the GHG baseline. .10 6.5 Identifying GHG SSRs relevant to the baseline scenario .11 6.6 Selecting GHG SSRs for monitoring or estimating GHG emissions and removals 11 6.7 Quantifying GHG emissions and/or removals. .11 6.8 Quantifying GHG emission reductions and removal enhancements .12 6.9 Managing data quality ..12 6.10 Monitoring the GHG project.. ..12 6.11 Documenting the GHG project ..13 6.12 Verification and/or validation of the GHG project .13 6.13 Reporting the GHG project. .13 Annex A (informative) Guidance on the use of this document ..15 Bibliography .26 @ IS0 2019 - All rights reserved ii