The Climate Action Reserve has developed a United States Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) Project Protocol and an Article 5 Ozone Depleting Substances Project Protocol. These protocols provide a standardized approach for quantifying and monitoring the GHG reductions from projects that destroy ODS with high global warming potentials that would have otherwise been vented to the atmosphere. These protocols were adopted by the Reserve Board in February 2010.

• U.S. Ozone Depleting Substances Project Protocol Version 1.0 (February 3, 2010)
• Errata and Clarifications to U.S. ODS Project Protocol Version 1.0 (December 15, 2011)

• Article 5 Ozone Depleting Substances Project Protocol Version 1.0 (February 3, 2010)
• Errata and Clarifications to Article 5 ODS Project Protocol Version 1.0 (April 3, 2012)

• U.S. and Article 5 ODS Project Protocol Summaries

Protocol Revisions

The Ozone Depleting Substances Project Protocols are currently undergoing revision. Please click the link below for more information and to participate in the revision process.

• Version 2.0

Protocol Development & Previous Versions

Use the links below to access information about the protocol development process of the U.S. and Article 5 Ozone Depleting Substances Project Protocols. Errata and clarifications, public comments, staff responses to public comments, workgroup participants, and other supporting documents can also be found here.

Click a version of the protocol below to access more information:

• Version 1.0 (February 3, 2009)

Please contact the Policy Team with questions or comments.