Characteristics of the carbon sink methodology for Yudiba dams and measures to promote project development
LI Zhiguang
WANG Haiyan
XIONG Rui
CHENG Hui
LI Wei
JIN Yuxi
Abstract：Yudiba dams play a significant role in soil conservation and carbon sequestration,reducing erosion and carbon emissions,and enhancing vegetation growth and carbon sequestration capacity.The development of carbon sink projects for Yudiba dams is important for promoting their construction,operation,and maintenance,supporting ecological protection in the Yellow River Basin,and achieving China's"dual carbon"goals.On November 25,2025,the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and the Ministry of Water Resources jointly issued the Methodology for Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Projects:Carbon Sinks from Yudiba Dams(CCER-14-005-V0),which came into effect on the same date.This development signifies that Yudiba dam projects are now formally included under the carbon sink methodologies issued by the competent authorities.Consequently,the carbon sink volume of Yudiba dam projects can be included in the national Chinese Certified Emission Reduction(CCER)trading mechanism.This paper briefly elaborates on the main elements of the methodology,including applicable conditions,project boundaries,crediting periods,carbon pools,greenhouse gas emission sources,methods for accounting for project emission reductions,monitoring methods,and key points for project validation and verification.This methodology highlights the supporting role of the carbon sink mechanism associated with Yudiba dams,clarifies how Yudiba dam projects can be bundled to establish carbon sink projects,emphasizes the operability and standardization of monitoring methods,and stresses the need for consistency between the timeframes used for emission reduction verification and monitoring.To promote the full implementation of the methodology and actively advance carbon sink trading in soil and water conservation,it is essential to accelerate project planning and design,timely prepare project development guidance documents,to strictly control the quality of project development,monitoring,and accounting,and to effectively collect and analyze feedback.
Keywords：soil and water conservationYudiba damcarbon sink project methodologycarbon sink project developmentChinese Certified Emission Reduction(CCER)
Publication Date：2026-02-28
Online Publishing Date：2026-03-17(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 38-44 )