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Gold Standard for the Global Goals

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Gold Standard (GS4GG v4.1) is a certification standard for climate and development projects, requiring compliance with all three pillars of sustainable development alongside climate impact. Requirements: safeguarding against negative impacts (social, environmental), stakeholder consultation and consent, SDG co-benefit quantification (at least three SDGs demonstrated and reported), third-party validation and verification, and listing on the Gold Standard registry. Commonly applied to cookstove, clean water, biogas, soil carbon, and agroforestry projects in the Global South.

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IDENTIFIER
Gold Standard for the Global Goals Principles & RequirementsGold Standard Foundation
VERSION
1.2
PUBLISHER
Gold Standard Foundation
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https://globalgoals.goldstandard.org/standards/101_V1.2_PAR_Principles-Requirements.pdf
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