The FairTrade Climate Standard is an additional add-on standard to the Gold Standard Certification and was developed by FairTrade International in collaboration with Gold Standard.

In these projects based on FairTrade principles, local communities play an active role and are themselves the owners of the project and the carbon credits. A minimum price ensures that the costs of the project are covered, and producers receive a FairTrade premium for each credit sold. They invest this income in climate adaptation activities.

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