Gold Standard for the Global Goals

Gold Standard for the Global Goals is our next-generation standard, designed to accelerate progress toward climate security and sustainable development. The standard enables initiatives to quantify, certify and maximize their impacts toward climate security and the Sustainable Development Goals, while enhanced safeguards, holistic project design, management of trade-offs and local stakeholder engagement ensure Gold Standard continues to deliver the highest levels of environmental and social integrity.

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PAA Validation And Verification Requirements for Methodologies update

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This document provides the framework and procedures for transitioning legacy Gold Standard for the Global Goals (GS4GG) activities to Paris Agreement Aligned (PAA) methodologies. It establishes standardised validation and verification requirements, cross-cutting transition principles, and methodology-specific guidance to support alignment with evolving climate ambition, empirical safeguards, and host country decarbonization pathways.

Agriculture Activity Requirements

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This document sets the rules for agricultural projects seeking GS4GG certification. It defines what types of activities are eligible (e.g., soil organic carbon, methane reduction) and establishes safeguards to ensure projects contribute to climate security without causing harm (e.g., protecting wetlands and native forests).

Appendix to investment analysis Tool 27: Default values for the cost of equity (expected return on equity) for projects located in Turkey

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This document provides non-binding default cost of equity for Turkey to demonstrate investment analysis and additionality of project activities. Depending on the sector, project developers can select the relevant benchmark value for their proposed project activity.

Green Ammonia Production

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This methodology is applicable to activities that reduce or avoid greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from ammonia production by replacing fossil-fuel-intensive conventional processes with low-carbon alternatives.

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