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We recently published a new policy brief Operationalising and Scaling Post-2020 Voluntary Carbon Market for public consultation. The document captures our own technical proposals for ensuring the voluntary carbon market continues to catalyse new, ambitious climate action as the rulebook for the Paris Agreement comes into force in 2021.
The brief outlines:
1. That we expect claims in the voluntary carbon market to evolve as corresponding adjustments will become a reality for compliance markets, leading to differentiated claims for carbon credits that have corresponding adjustments or do not.
2. What rule updates will follow to align with ongoing Paris Agreement Article 6 negotiations, including additionality and ongoing financial need, baseline setting, crediting periods, microscale projects, distinction of carbon removals, and transition plans for all of the above.
3. Where Gold Standard intends to focus future efforts in scaling our climate protection project portfolio through existing and new activity types.
We are hosting a webinar on Wednesday 22 July at 16:00 CEST to discuss and collect feedback directly from our stakeholders.
The consultation is open through 17 August 2020. Comments are welcome at standards@goldstandard.org.
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pipeline to attract climate finance, enable investors to credibly report on the impact their funding has helped achieve, and report accurately on its progress toward its NDC among a broad range of national and subnational efforts.
