Durability
Carbon removal solutions must be highly durable (the time period or duration of sequestration) with low risk of reversal over centuries to millennia. A monitoring framework should be established for any carbon releases.
Performance
A carbon removal project’s emissions must be measured through transparent emissions accounting, and carbon removal credit given only for net climate benefit.
Social and Environmental Equity
Carbon removal solutions must be implemented in a socially and environmentally responsible manner considering land and resource sovereignty, receiving informed prior consent from "impacted" communities, and protecting existing natural carbon stocks and biodiversity.
Transparency
Measurement, reporting and verification standards must be adopted and implemented to foster transparency and accountability thereby increasing credibility, trustworthiness and possible improvements.
Inclusivity
Carbon removal needs global cooperation inclusive of perspective and benefit from and to the Global South in the deployment of carbon removal solutions.