Geneva, Switzerland, 21 December – In collaboration with Climate-KIC, South Pole Group and ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, Gold Standard is launching a framework designed to unlock billions of dollars needed to scale-up clean technology and sustainable development in cities around the globe. Under the holistic certification standard “Gold Standard for the Global Goals," the module for Sustainable Urban Development is designed to ensure appropriate safeguards, governance systems and stakeholder engagement to allow urban development projects to deliver impact at the city-level scale and enable project sponsors to fully assess the social and environmental impact of their climate initiatives. As true innovation, cities will be able to certify multi-sector programs on sustainable urban development.