Science-Target Readiness

Audit science-based-target assurance readiness.

Description

Science-based-target assurance needs evidence of boundaries, assumptions and target processes.

Science-based-target assurance needs evidence of boundaries, assumptions and target processes. Recorded evidence coverage is a preparation check.^[1]

Audit science-based-target assurance readiness.

When to use Science-Target Readiness

Use this tool to audit science-based-target assurance readiness.

Prepare the documented facts, aligned totals or expected/observed evidence labels requested. Choose applicable requirements and thresholds separately before interpreting a planning screen.

How to use Science-Target Readiness and understand its results

Prepare the documented facts, aligned totals or expected/observed evidence labels requested. Choose applicable requirements and thresholds separately before interpreting a planning screen.
Enter requiredEvidence, availableEvidence using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
Read coveragePercent, matched, missing, unexpected. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.

Input field	Meaning	Value type; see rules below	Requirement
requiredEvidence	Required target-validation evidence	list of string	Required
availableEvidence	Available evidence	list of string	Required

Enter requiredEvidence as the nonempty expected list and availableEvidence as observations, which may be empty. Trim entries, compare case-insensitively using en-US lowercase and collapse duplicates. Return matched/missing expected labels and unexpected observed labels. Output follows first occurrence order with the last duplicate’s trimmed spelling.

coverage%=100matchedUnique/expectedUnique

Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.

Output field	Meaning	Value type
coveragePercent	Coverage (%)	number; minimum: 0; maximum: 100
matched	Matched items	list of string
missing	Missing items	list of string
unexpected	Unexpected items	list of string

json

{
  "input": {
    "requiredEvidence": [
      "alpha",
      "beta",
      "gamma",
      "delta"
    ],
    "availableEvidence": [
      "beta",
      "alpha",
      "extra"
    ]
  },
  "output": {
    "coveragePercent": 50,
    "matched": [
      "alpha",
      "beta"
    ],
    "missing": [
      "gamma",
      "delta"
    ],
    "unexpected": [
      "extra"
    ]
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

No target is validated or environmental assurance issued. Blank entries are errors; requirements are entirely caller-supplied and items have equal weight.

Numeric inputs, where present, must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Lists are limited to 100,000 entries; the rules above may require smaller limits. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use GHG Boundary Coverage: Audit greenhouse-gas boundary coverage. For a complementary task, use Trust-Criteria Coverage: Audit trust-services criteria coverage.

References

Science-Target Readiness — tool.io

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