Van Dam et al. (2024): Towards a fair, reliable, and practical verification framework for Blue Carbon-based CDR
Bryce Van Dam, Véronique Helfer, David Kaiser, Eva Sinemus, Joanna Staneva Martin Zimmer IN: Environmental Research Letter, DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/ad5fa3
There is a clear need to develop monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) systems towards the reliable, practical, and accurate accounting of additional and durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR). The authors propose the development of a Blue Carbon Ecosystem Digital Twin (BCE-DT) as a practical solution, integrating real-time data and models into What-If Scenarios of CDR aimed at the quantification of CDR additionality and durability. Critically, such a solution would be amenable to projects across a broad range in spatial scale and ecosytem type. In parallel, they propose the creation of an independent and not-for-profit Standards Development Organization (SDO) for the management of this Digital Twin and oversight of the certification process based on MRV.