The following checklist shows all twenty CCB Standards Third Edition criteria, consisting of seventeen required criteria and three optional Gold Level criteria. To earn CCB Standards approval, projects must satisfy all seventeen required criteria. Projects that generate exceptional benefits for climate change adaptation, or for smallholders and communities leading their own projects and poorer households among them, or for the conservation of areas of high global biodiversity priority and the endangered species found there may achieve a Gold Level status by satisfying one of the optional Gold Level criteria.
General Section |
G1 |
Project Goals, Design & Long-Term Viability |
Required |
G2 |
Without-project Land Use Scenario & Additionality |
Required |
G3 |
Stakeholder Engagement |
Required |
G4 |
Management Capacity |
Required |
G5 |
Legal Status and Property Rights |
Required |
Climate Section |
CL1 |
Without-project Climate Scenario |
Required |
CL2 |
Net Positive Climate Impacts |
Required |
CL3 |
Offsite Climate Impacts |
Required |
CL4 |
Climate Impact Monitoring |
Required |
GL1 |
Climate Change Adaptation Benefits |
Optional |
Community Section |
CM1 |
Without-project Scenario for Communities |
Required |
CM2 |
Net Positive Community Impacts |
Required |
CM3 |
Offsite Stakeholder Impacts |
Required |
CM4 |
Community Impact Monitoring |
Required |
GL2 |
Exceptional Community Benefits |
Optional |
Biodiversity Section |
B1 |
Without-project Biodiversity Scenario |
Required |
B2 |
Net Positive Biodiversity Impacts |
Required |
B3 |
Offsite Biodiversity Impacts |
Required |
B4 |
Biodiversity Impacts Monitoring |
Required |
GL3 |
Exceptional Biodiversity Benefits |
Optional |
CCB Standards Validation & Verification Levels
APPROVED: All requirements met
GOLD: All requirements and also at least one optional Gold Level criterion, specifying which Gold Level(s) achieved