This document details the criteria for establishing baselines within methodologies endorsed by the Gold Standard for Global Goals (GS4GG), thereby ensuring alignment with the Procedure for development, revision, and clarification of methodologies and methodological tools – Gold Standard for the Global Goals and the requirements stipulated by the Article 6.4 mechanism's RMPs.
This document specifically:
- Provides comprehensive requirements, definitions, principles, and general requirements for methodologies related to baselines.
- Outlines approaches for setting baselines below "business as usual" and includes the concept of "downward Sets overarching requirements and guidance for baseline determination.
- Aligns with the Gold Standard's Methodology Requirements.
- Provides details on implementing general approaches for baseline setting and downward adjustment.
- Establishes application guidelines for baseline approaches at various aggregation levels.
- Ensures alignment with the Paris Agreement's long-term temperature goal.
- Defines the downward adjustment process for consistency with paragraph 33 of the A6.4 RMP.