Additionality

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000472",
  "term": "Additionality",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A criterion often applied to greenhouse gas (GHG) project activities, stipulating that project-based GHG reductions should only be quantified if the project activity \"would not have happened anyway\" - i.e., that the project activity would not have been implemented in its baseline scenario. Additionality is a test used only for project offsets and not for RECs.",
  "subject": "Climate change",
  "references": [
    "Green Power Markets Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/additionality/"
}