The 2008 WCI Design Recommendations establishes a rigorous offset system to support the WCI cap-and-trade program The WCI design goes on to prioritize project types in agriculture, forestry and waste management for investigation and development to participate in the offset system. Other project types outside the capped sectors in the cap-and-trade program may also participate in the offset system. The Offset Protocol Review report is part of the Offset Committee's effort to coordinate the review and adaptation of existing protocols in the priority project types outlined in the WCI design against the WCI draft offset criteria. The WCI Partners' intent is to build off the existing work done on offset protocols.

WCI Partners invite stakeholder comments on the report's evaluation.  These comments will assist the Offsets Committee as they make a recommendation to WCI Partners on adapting existing offset protocols.