In 2022, Gold Standard was selected by the Environment and Climate Change Canada to support Pacific Alliance (PA) countries in Latin America, including Chile, Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Ecuador, to improve access to public and private climate finance for climate action including through international carbon markets.

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Gold Standard partnered with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and East African Alliance for Carbon Markets and Climate Finance, in 2022, to support the Government of Uganda build local capacity to use Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.  

In 2022, The National Environment Agency of Singapore (NEA) and Gold Standard signed a Memorandum of Understanding that enables Singapore-based companies to use eligible Gold Standard credits to fulfil a portion of their compliance obligations under the Singapore carbon tax regime.

Gold Standard and the Swedish Energy Agency (SEA) entered into a partnership in 2021 to support the Swedish Government’s acquisition of quality Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs) under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, aiming to serve as a model for broader international cooperation in mitigating climate change.

Gold Standard partnered with the Government of Mongolia in 2020 support the government attract climate finance to meet its Nationally Determined Contribution and boost its citizens’ development potential.

In 2021, with support from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), Gold Standard created an Early Mover Programme for project developers, governments and other interested users of Article 6. The programme offers a dedicated helpdesk to respond to questions, practical support including assistance with interactions between parties and opportunities for peer-to-peer exchange and knowledge sharing through channels such as the Article 6 Webinar Series.

Gold Standard has introduced new functionality into its Impact Registry, which enables its carbon credits to be labelled as authorised and correspondingly adjusted under Article 6.

Until 2022, Gold Standard was a co-founding partner in the Sustainable Development Initiative (SDI), advocating for strong sustainable development provisions in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.