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.

This methodology is applicable to activities that introduce solar-powered light emitting diode (LED) lighting technologies to reduce or avoid greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by replacing fossil fuel-based lighting devices (e.g., kerosene wick lamps, hurricane lanterns, pressurized mantle lamps, diesel-powered lighting), candles, and/or inefficient dry-cell battery torches. The methodology applies to end-users in households, communities, and small commercial premises (e.g., shops, kiosks) located in areas with no grid connection or unreliable grid supply. However, the baseline service levels and emission caps for all non-residential installations are strictly limited to the residential household equivalent.

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.

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.

This standard defines how to set a "Crediting Baseline"—the reference level against which emission reductions are measured. The core principle is that baselines shall be set below Business-As-Usual (BAU) levels to encourage increasing ambition over time.