V.2.0 POAS REQUIREMENTS

PoAs Requirements and Procedures

Many thanks for taking the time to feed into this consultation for the revised Programme of Activities Requirements.

We are seeking feedback on the following questions up until 24 December 2021

Consultation documents available in Gold Standard Website

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Comments/feedback on the new PoA hierarchy, and corresponding rules and requirements?

Comments/feedback on the scope expansion to include Land Use and Forestry Projects and the requirements and procedures to enable this?

Comments/feedback on the simplifications introduced in the POA project cycle?

We are seeking feedback on whether the following provisions should be included for A/R and AGR PoAs/VPAs (page 44 of the document)?

a. New areas that are demonstrably under control of the CME can be added to the VPA during verification for claiming of PERs and resulting SDG impacts.

b. VPAs would be allowed to add new areas or expand an existing area similar to a grouped project as per LAND USE & FORESTS ACTIVITY REQUIREMENTS.

With regards to granting exceptions for the registration of multi-country POAs (page 52) we are considering not expanding this exception for A/R and AGR PoAs because of the differences in land tenure systems, practices, and parameters that affect stratification and model application (for calculation of ERs). In other words, for A/R and AGR multi-country PoA, the CME shall provide a real case VPA-DD for each country considered at the time of PoA registration without exception. Stakeholders are requested to provide their feedback on the above proposal.

Any other comments/feedback