The base objective of Carbon Credit emission reduction certification is to encourage growth of sustainable non polluting projects. Project must have "additionality" to qualify for certification therefore:

Project needs to justify financial viability is dependent on carbon offsets being made available:

and/or

Is project capital investment reliant on carbon offsets?

and/or

If revenue adequate and capital available without offset revenue can offset revenue overcome technical barriers?

and/or

If adequate capital/revenue available and no technical barriers, is project substantially first of its type in market, region or application.