Causality & Funding​​

General Information & Description – 6.1 Causality & Funding

Certificate Holders should be able to demonstrate overall that the activities associated with and the improvements being generated by the intervention were not occurring prior to the causal action and that the changes would not have occurred without the intervention.

Causality and Funding Sources of Intervention

Causality: Examples of providing evidence

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Key Questions

• Is it clear how the Certificate Holder has contributed to or enabled the various interventions within the program, and the resulting emissions benefit?​
• Is it clear what evidence will be provided to prove this contribution? ​
  • Examples of evidence: invoices for technical training, farmer training records, receipts of purchased equipment, documentation of supplier incentives, requirements, or other contracts that demonstrate an incentive to adopt the proposed activities.​
• Does this evidence demonstrate that the activities were not taking place prior to the considered contributions, and does this evidence demonstrate the start date?