Gold Standard invites stakeholders to provide feedback on the Comprehensive Lowered Emission Assessment and Reporting (CLEAR) Methodology, developed by the Clean Cooking and Climate Consortium (4C). This methodology aims to provide a unified, rigorous framework for quantifying emission reductions from cooking energy transitions, covering both metered and non-metered technologies.
Note on Scope and Paris Agreement Alignment (PAA)
-Paris Agreement Alignment (PAA): This draft does not yet fully reflect the specific Gold Standard Paris Agreement Alignment (PAA) requirements.
-Post-Consultation Update: Following this public consultation, Gold Standard will update the methodology to ensure full alignment with GS4GG PAA requirements, including the application of the Downward Adjustment Factor, specific additionality tests, and leakage safeguards. These will be applied in a manner consistent with other GS4GG methodologies currently available for public consultation (e.g., TPDDTEC V5.0, MECD V2.0).
-Feedback Focus: Stakeholders are asked to focus their feedback on the technical robustness of the CLEAR approach itself. It should be assumed that standard GS4GG PAA provisions will be overlaid on this framework in the final version.
Key highlights
- Unified Framework: Covers both Continuously Tracked Energy Consumption (CTEC) projects (metered) and Non-CTEC projects (sampling-based).
- Measurement Focus: Prioritizes direct measurement of fuel consumption (via Meters or Kitchen Performance Tests) over efficiency-based calculations to capture actual performance, rebound effects, and stove stacking.
- Enhanced Parameters: Incorporates updated approaches for key parameters, including the use of MoFuSS for determining the Fraction of Non-Renewable Biomass (fNRB).
- Uncertainty Management: Addresses uncertainty through a combination of conservative global defaults and rigorous statistical adjustments for measured data