Step 3 - Additionality demonstration

Additionality is at the core of the CCS. Additionality is the added carbon benefits that result specifically from the project activities. Each project has to demonstrate Additionality, otherwise, the project does not qualify for onboarding. To demonstrate Additionality, projects have to show Additional Activities initiated with the intention to reduce GHGs by either sequestration or emission reduction. These extra activities include, without limitation, tree planting, improving soil characteristics, enhancing biodiversity through agroforestry methods, and avoiding monoculture by changing the biodiversity for the well-being of the environment, among others, to the extent these activities increase the amount of sequestered carbon. Additionality is required to ensure that the activities increase the carbon sequestration or emission reduction in comparison to the baseline scenario. This increase is what can be used for offsetting.