The Standards comprise fourteen required
criteria and three optional "Gold Level” criteria. Once
a project has been designed, a third-party evaluator will use indicators
to determine if individual criteria are satisfied. Only projects
that use best practices and deliver significant climate, community
and biodiversity benefits will earn CCB approval. Gold status is
awarded to projects that satisfy one of the optional criteria by
providing exceptional benefits including explicit design for adaptation
to climate change, benefits for globally poorer communities, or conservation
of biodiversity at sites of global conservation significance.
The Climate, Community and Biodiversity
Standards will be beneficial to a wide variety
of users.
- Project Developers can use the CCB Standards to develop projects that deliver a suite of environmental and community benefits. Projects that meet the Standards may garner new investments from multiple funders and supporters.
- Project Investors can use the CCB Standards to identify exceptional initiatives and minimize risks. Projects using the Standards are unlikely to become tied up with controversy and roadblocks. Multiple-benefit projects generate valuable goodwill for investors by fostering synergistic and innovative solutions.
- Governments hosting projects can use the Standards to ensure that
projects contribute to national sustainable development goals. Donor governments
can use the Standards to pinpoint official development aid projects that satisfy
multiple international obligations, such as the Millennium Development Goals
and the UN conventions on Climate Change and Biological Diversity.
Transition to the use of the Second Edition
of the CCB Standards
The Second Edition of the CCB Standards
was launched on Dec. 6, 2008. Projects may
be validated using the Second Edition beginning
January 1, 2009. Projects proponents may
continue to use the First Edition for validation
if they complete the 30 day public comment
period and conduct the audit site visit by
June 30, 2009.
 Terms
of Reference and Guidance Document for Validation Using CCB Standards
 CCB
Policy Announcement Concerning Project Double
Counting
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