This analysis assesses the public availability of project documentation across the four main voluntary carbon market registries: Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), Gold Standard (GS), American Carbon Registry (ACR), and the Climate Action Reserve (CAR). These standards were selected as they collectively issue the majority of the world’s (voluntary market) carbon credits.
In response to Gold Standard’s consultation on its proposed methodology for a just transition through the early phase out of coal-fired power plants, Carbon Market Watch submitted this response.
Carbon Market Watch provided feedback and input to a public consultation organised by Gold Standard, focusing on Gold Standard’s methodology for the early phasing out of coal-fired thermal power plants and their replacement with renewable energy generation plants. Due to issues with determining additionality and the many uncertainties of the energy market, CMW advises against …
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