Despite continued efforts to meet mitigation goals of less than 2 degrees celcius above pre-industrial levels, the world is experiencing significant societal and infrastructure losses and will continue to do so for decades to come. Unless countries and communities start adapting to the effects of global warming – alongside continuing mitigation efforts - the damage caused by climate-related disasters may reach trillions of dollars.

Gold Standard: You’ve been to 24 COP summits. What is unique about the current time? What do you hope to see from this COP?

Yvo de Boer: Let me begin with the positive part of the answer to this question. This CoP really represents a unique opportunity to show progress on three fronts, two of them related.

27 September 2022 

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – 14/09/2022 – Gold Standard announces today the launch of a consultation on how the creation of digital tokens representing Gold Standard credits using blockchain technology should be managed.

Impact management requires a fund to define an investment strategy that delivers both financial and positive social and environmental change and can be used to enhance financial and ESG data since they are two different types of metrics. The new Gold Standard impact fund requirements have been developed for fund managers wanting to make a positive contribution to sustainable development and towards achieving the SDGs through one or more of their funds.