To obtain public feedback on the standard, standard versions, other methods or method versions, eva regularly conducts public consultations.
On this page you can view the content and feedback documentation on current and completed public consultations.
No standard, standard version, method or method version is currently in public consultation.
The next public consultation will take place after the pilot phase of Method 02 - Forest Restructuring (Pina Earth).
The first eva standard, the Forest Climate Standard, went into public consultation as a draft in version 1.0. This standard forms the basis for various methods that follow eva's accreditation guidelines, in particular the forest restoration and forest conversion method.
From 26 June to 24 July 2023 , the Forest Climate Standard was open to the interested public and committed organizations for feedback.
During this period, the forest climate standard was available for viewing and feedback could be submitted.
The comments from all public consultations are reviewed. They flow into feedback documentation and are anonymized after the public consultation with a response from the Secretariat of the Forest Climate Standard published.
Version 0.3 of the Forest Climate Standard went out for public consultation.
From 1 August to 31 August 2022 , the Forest Climate Standard, including the forest restoration method, was open to feedback from interested members of the public and committed organizations.
During this period, the forest climate standard was available for viewing and feedback could be submitted.
The comments from all public consultations are reviewed. They flow into feedback documentation and are anonymized after the public consultation with a response from the Secretariat of the Forest Climate Standard published.
The drafts for C-property, principles, baseline and subsidies were submitted to the members of the Climate Council on Forests for feedback from September 30 - October 31, 2021 and subsequently underwent public consultation.
The comments from all public consultations are reviewed. They are included in feedback documentation and are published anonymously after the public consultation with a response from the Secretariat of the Forest Climate Standard . The documentation of this public consultation is listed below:
Number of feedbacks:
12
Public Consultation:
December 15, 2021 to January 31, 2022
Wald-Klimarat:
September 30, 2021
Can ecosystem services such as the carbon sink of a forest be marketed? And if so - by whom? How can environmental advertising with reference to the use of climate certificates be structured? The legal opinion of the law firm Redeker provides us with answers based on the legal system applicable in Germany.
The following documents were made available to the Wald-Klimarat and the public for criticism, feedback and suggestions:
Study, Redeker law firm:
"Marketability of the carbon sink performance of forests, with special consideration of the ownership situation in Germany"
Statement of the law firm Redeker on the study (video and presentation)
Graphical recording of the corresponding workshop during the 1st Conference of the Forest Climate Council
Number of feedbacks:
28
Public Consultation:
December 15, 2021 to January 31, 2022
Wald-Klimarat:
September 30, 2021
Principles are the basis of any quality standard. In order to determine what the principles for a forest climate standard in Germany should look like, international studies by McKinsey, WWF, the Öko-Institut, ICROA and four international and national climate standards were compared with each other.
Based on this analysis, a first draft of the principles of the forest climate standard to be developed for Germany was derived.
The following documents were made available to the Wald-Klimarat and the public for criticism, feedback and suggestions:
Draft, Ecosystem Value Association:
"Analysis and derivation of principles for the forest climate standard in Germany"
Presentation of the design (video and presentation)
Graphical recording of the corresponding workshop during the 1st Conference of the Forest Climate Council
Number of feedbacks:
23
Public Consultation:
December 15, 2021 to January 31, 2022
Wald-Klimarat:
September 30, 2021
The tool (software) developed by Forliance as part of the study makes it possible to determine in five steps the potential carbon storage on a project area that would occur if there were no human intervention.
The associated study describes the scientific basis of the parameters assumed in the tool.
The following documents were made available to the Wald-Klimarat and the public for criticism, feedback and suggestions:
Study, FORLIANCE:
"Baseline-Tool: Science-based modeling of natural reforestation on calamity areas"
Presentation by FORLIANCE (video and presentation)
Baseline tool for download (Excel)
Graphical recording of the corresponding workshop during the 1st Conference of the Forest Climate Council
Number of feedbacks:
6
Public Consultation:
December 15, 2021 to January 31, 2022
Wald-Klimarat:
September 30, 2021
This statement provides a legal classification of proceeds from climate certificates on the voluntary market with regard to the funding law applicable in Germany. Particular attention is paid to the question of whether and to what extent mixed financing of forest climate projects is permissible.
The following documents were made available to the Wald-Klimarat and the public for criticism, feedback and suggestions:
Study, Redeker law firm:
"Allocation law classification of the valorization of the carbon sink performance of forests on the voluntary certificate market"
Statement of the law firm Redeker on the study (video and presentation)
The forest restoration method has been in public consultation several times, parallel to the forest climate standard:
You can find more information on the two public consultations in the archive under Forest Climate Standard. All feedback and requests for clarification can be found in the feedback documentation.
The forest conversion method (Pina Earth) in version 0.1 was in public consultation for feedback from March 1 - 31, 2023. All feedback is published anonymously in the feedback documentation .
The scope of the Forest Climate Standard is being extended: following the development of a method for reforestation, we are working with the IPCC and Pina Earth to develop a method for forest conversion .
Pina Earth and eva invited people to the first public consultation in order to consider all perspectives on the basis for calculating the forest conversion method.
The public consultation took place from March 1 to 31, 2023. During this period, the method was open to the interested public and all participating stakeholder groups for feedback.
The listed method papers, webinars and presentations of the forest restructuring method served as abasis.
The forest conversion project type is presented and the Pina Earth method design is explained in detail.
The forest conversion method is described in the following documents and explains the the most important questions and functions:
The methodology paper and webinar with accompanying presentation describe the GHG accounting and quantification process in detail.
It guides you through the entire process that a project goes through:
Following the public consultation, your comments will be reviewed and the method further developed on this basis. method will be further developed and submitted to the Forest-Climate Council and the Technical Committee presented. In the fall of 2023, the forest conversion method entered the pilot phase.
