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UPDATED 24 February 2023

Gold Standard Market Report 2020

We are pleased to publish the Market Report for 2020, which provides data + insights on the issuances, retirements and shared value delivered by Gold Standard certified climate projects. 

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IN 2020

  • 34 million emission reductions issued, nearly double the issuances of 2019. This included, 28.5 million voluntary Verified Emission Reductions (VERs) and 5.6 million Gold Standard labelled Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs)
  • There has been an increased issuance trend across all project types
  • The split of issuances between VERs and Gold Standard labelled CERs is 80% in favour of VERs, reflecting the market uncertainty around the future of the CDM
  • Record high voluntary retirements in 2019 with 15.8 million emission reductions retired — 28% increase over 2019

Previous editions of the Gold Standard Market Report

GOLD STANDARD MARKET REPORT 2019

GOLD STANDARD MARKET REPORT 2018

GOLD STANDARD MARKET REPORT 2017

GOLD STANDARD MARKET REPORT 2016

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