ICR Approved Methodologies, Modules and Tools v4.1
Summary
ICR serves as a framework for climate projects of any size, promoting environmental integrity through accelerating credible action and ensuring credibility, consistency, and transparency in quantification, monitoring, reporting, validation, and verification
Version no.
4.1
Date of Version
6. March 2026
Introduction
Irrespective of the origin or approval status of an applied methodology, module, or tool, project proponents shall ensure full conformity with the current version of the ICR Requirement Document including normative references and ISO 14064-2.
Where any provision, criterion, procedure, methodological approach, baseline determination, additionality demonstration, monitoring requirement, permanence provision, leakage treatment, or quantification rule contained in an applied methodology, module, or tool is inconsistent with or less stringent than the current ICR Requirement Document, the ICR Requirement Document shall take precedence.
In such cases, the project proponent shall apply the relevant requirement of the ICR Requirement Document and clearly document how the inconsistency has been resolved.
Approval or listing of a methodology, module, or tool under the ICR Program does not imply exemption from compliance with updated or revised ICR program requirements.
Methodologies
Sectoral scope
Methodology reference
Title
Version
Date
1-16
CDM methodologies
Projects seeking registration in the ICR Program that comply with all ICR requirements may use all currently active methodologies from the Clean Development Mechanism[1]
Active versions
-
1-17
PACM methodologies
Projects seeking registration in the ICR Program that comply with all ICR requirements may use all currently active methodologies from the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism. PACM methodologies.[2]
Active versions
-
15
M-ICR011
Atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) destruction using Photocatalysts
1.4
13.11.2025
Tools
Tools
Title
Version
Date
CDM tools
Projects seeking registration in the ICR Program that comply with all ICR requirements may use all currently active tools from the Clean Development Mechanism.
Active versions
-
PACM tools
Projects seeking registration in the ICR Program that comply with all ICR requirements may use all currently active tools from the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism. PACM tools supersede CDM tools when both exist.
Active versions
-
ICR Tool
ICR tool for assessment of environmental and socio-economic safeguards
1.0
15.10.2024
ICR Tool
ICR tool for monitoring environmental and socio-economic safeguards
1.0
15.10.2024
Sectoral scopes
Sectoral scope ID
Sectoral scope name
1
Energy industries (renewable - / non-renewable sources)
2
Energy distribution
3
Energy demand
4
Manufacturing industries
5
Chemical industries
6
Construction
7
Transport
8
Mining/mineral production
9
Metal production
10
Fugitive emissions from fuels (solid, oil and gas)
11
Fugitive emissions from production and consumption of halocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride
12
Solvent use
13
Waste handling and disposal
14
Afforestation and reforestation
15
Agriculture
16
Carbon capture and storage of CO2 in geological formation
17
Other activities involving removals[3]
[1] Projects applying CDM methodologies shall be pre-registered before 30. June 2026 and complete validation before 31. December 2026 due to phase out of CDM and transition to PACM.
[2] When a methodology exist both undier PACM and CDM, the PACM methodology supersedes the CDM methodology.
[3] This sectoral scope covers processes to remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere through anthropogenic activities and durably store them. It also covers anthropogenic activities removing CO2 from the atmosphere and durably storing it in geological, terrestrial, or ocean reservoirs, or in products and it includes existing and potential anthropogenic enhancement of biological, geochemical or chemical CO2 sinks, but excludes natural CO2 uptake not directly caused by human activities.
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