Sustainable finance
Project Boundary
Definition
A project boundary is the delineation, in a greenhouse gas mitigation or removal project, of the sources, sinks, reservoirs and gases included in quantifying the project's emission reductions — together with the spatial and temporal extent of the project activity. Boundary definition is a core methodological step under standards such as the GHG Protocol Project Protocol, Verra VCS and Gold Standard.
References
Supports definition and framing.
Supports definition and framing.
Overview
How it is used
Project developers define boundaries in project design documents; validators assess them against methodology rules; leakage assessment typically extends analysis beyond the boundary.
Why it matters
Credit integrity begins with honest boundaries; many historic crediting controversies trace back to boundaries and baselines that excluded inconvenient emissions.