Are Plan Vivo Certificates ex-ante or ex-post?
The Plan Vivo Foundation approves both ex-ante and ex-post methodologies, so Plan Vivo Certificates may be either ex-ante or ex-post depending on the project and activity. For both ex-ante and ex-post methodologies, the same requirements apply in terms of long-term monitoring, carbon buffers, independent validation and verification. Ex-ante crediting, particularly for carbon sequestration (tree-planting) activities, has been shown to be instrumental in getting projects off the ground in poorer countries.
