Here, you can find all the documentation associated with the Plan Vivo Carbon Standard (PV Climate) V4.0, its governance, associated approved approaches, and guidance on applying these documents.

PV Climate was updated in 2022. You can view all the latest documentation associated with PV Climate V5.0 here: 

PV Climate V5.0 Documentation >

 

It is useful to note that although projects can no longer certify under V4.0, projects are still operating under V4.0 of PV Climate. 

  

Standard and governance

Type	Documents
Plan Vivo Carbon Standard V4.0	Plan Carbon Vivo Standard 2013 El Estándar Plan Vivo 2013 (Español) Standar Plan Vivo (Bahasa)
Governance V4.0	Procedures Manual Manual Prosedur Plan Vivo (Bahasa)
Guidance V4.0	Guidance Manual Manual Panduan (Bahasa) Socio-economic Manual Reducing Locally-Driven Deforestation Guidance Climate Benefit Estimation Guidance

  

Approved Approaches

For information on Approved Approaches, including what they are and when they can be applied, please see the Approved Approaches page.

Type	Documents
Additionality assessment	Plan Vivo Additionality Assessment
Assessing risk and quantifying non-permanence buffer allocation	Assessing Risk and Setting the Risk Buffer
Estimation of emissions and removals (baseline scenario)	Small-Holder Agriculture Monitoring and Baseline Assessment (SHAMBA) (for further support on SHAMBA, see the SHAMBA tool website)
Estimation of emissions and removals (baseline scenario & project intervention)	Estimating Reference Emission Levels
Estimation of emissions and removals (Baseline scenario, Project intervention & Leakage)	Estimation of Climate benefits from REDD in community-managed forests

  

Templates

Type	Documents
V4.0 Project documentation	Project Idea Note (PIN) template Project Design Document (PDD) template

  

Non-Permanence Buffer

Beneath V4.0 of PV Climate, each project is required to contribute a percentage of their climate benefit to the Plan Vivo Non-Permanence Buffer, which remains unsold and guarantees the integrity of Plan Vivo projects in the face of risks to permanence or potential reversals of emission reductions. Find out more about the non-permanence buffer here: 

Non-Permanence Buffer >