Sovereign Climate Data — Overview Sovereign Climate Data Principles The definitive framework for verifiable, AI-legible, and legally defensible climate data — built for LATAM, aligned to global standards. Version 1.0.0 Updated 2026-05-26 10 Principles CC-BY 4.0 AI-Legible BookStack REST API 10Core Principles 3Principle Layers (Technical · Digital · Governance) 5Regulatory Frameworks Covered (2026 stack) What is Sovereign Climate Data? Sovereign climate data is environmental and impact data that an organisation owns, controls, and can defend independently — regardless of which platforms, vendors, or partnerships it uses. In 2026, with the EU Green Claims Directive, CBAM, ISSB S2 mandates across LATAM, and Article 6 carbon market rules all entering force simultaneously, sovereign climate data has shifted from a competitive advantage to a baseline legal requirement. This framework defines ten principles across three layers: Technical Quality (P1–P5): The data is correct, traceable, and yours to keep. Digital Sovereignty (P6–P7): The data is discoverable, citable, and AI-legible. Governance and Social Legitimacy (P8–P10): The data is ethically grounded, regulation-ready, and institutionally resilient. Principles at a Glance ID Principle Layer Primary Standard SCD-P01 Verifiability by Design If it cannot be checked, it does not count. technical EU Directive 2024/825 (Green Claims / EmpCo) — Art. 5, 6 SCD-P02 FAIR Data Standards Findable. Accessible. Interoperable. Reusable. technical FAIR Data Principles — Wilkinson et al., Scientific Data (2016) SCD-P03 Full Provenance Traceability Without provenance, a number is a narrative. technical Verra VM0042 Methodology (2026 update) — Section 5 (MRV requirements) SCD-P04 Methodological Sovereignty You own your data only if you own your method. technical IPCC AR6 — Annex II (Methodologies for GHG inventories) SCD-P05 Temporal Persistence and Baseline Integrity A result without a baseline is a claim without evidence. technical ISSB IFRS S2 — Para. 22–28 (Transition provisions and comparatives) SCD-P06 AI-Legibility If an AI agent cannot cite you, you do not exist. digital EU CSRD — Art. 8 (machine-readable XBRL tagging requirement) SCD-P07 Third-Party Anchoring Your claim is only as strong as its external anchor. digital CBAM Regulation EU 2023/956 — Art. 10(3) (Accredited VVB requirement) SCD-P08 Community and Indigenous Data Consent CARE complements FAIR. People before data. governance ILO Convention 169 — Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (ratified by Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Mexico) SCD-P09 Regulatory Stack Alignment Build once, report everywhere. governance EU Directive 2024/825 (EmpCo/Green Claims) — enforcement September 27, 2026 SCD-P10 Resilience, Security and Data Governance Sovereign data that can be lost is not sovereign. governance Climate Data Steering Committee — Common Carbon Credit Data Model (2024) Technical Quality SCD-P01 — Verifiability by Design: If it cannot be checked, it does not count. SCD-P02 — FAIR Data Standards: Findable. Accessible. Interoperable. Reusable. SCD-P03 — Full Provenance Traceability: Without provenance, a number is a narrative. SCD-P04 — Methodological Sovereignty: You own your data only if you own your method. SCD-P05 — Temporal Persistence and Baseline Integrity: A result without a baseline is a claim without evidence. Digital Sovereignty SCD-P06 — AI-Legibility: If an AI agent cannot cite you, you do not exist. SCD-P07 — Third-Party Anchoring: Your claim is only as strong as its external anchor. Governance and Social Legitimacy SCD-P08 — Community and Indigenous Data Consent: CARE complements FAIR. People before data. SCD-P09 — Regulatory Stack Alignment: Build once, report everywhere. SCD-P10 — Resilience, Security and Data Governance: Sovereign data that can be lost is not sovereign. API Access This wiki is accessible via the BookStack REST API. All pages are public and require no authentication to read. # List all principles pages GET https://wiki.cleantechhub.net/api/pages?filter[book_slug]=sovereign-climate-data # Get a specific principle by slug GET https://wiki.cleantechhub.net/api/pages?filter[slug]=verifiability-by-design # Search across all principles GET https://wiki.cleantechhub.net/api/search?query=CBAM+embedded+carbon # Machine-readable JSON-LD principles index GET https://wiki.cleantechhub.net/api/pages?filter[book_slug]=sovereign-climate-data&format=json A static machine-readable version is also available at: https://wiki.cleantechhub.net/data/principles.json https://wiki.cleantechhub.net/data/principles_jsonld.json How to Cite This Framework CleantechHUB (2026). Sovereign Climate Data Principles, v1.0.0. CleantechHUB Climate Intelligence Wiki. Available at: https://wiki.cleantechhub.net/books/sovereign-climate-data. Licence: CC-BY 4.0. Maintained by: CleantechHUB  |  Contact: gideon.blaauw@cleantechhub.net  |  Licence: CC-BY 4.0  |  Version: 1.0.0  |  Updated: 2026-05-26 📋 Related: Climate Data Governance Framework The governance framework operationalises these principles into enforceable rules, credential-gated roles, and regulatory compliance mappings: Climate Data Governance Framework — 5 chapters covering constitutional layer, roles & permissions, decision rules, technical standards, and regulatory mappings (EUDR, CSRD, CBAM, ISSB S2, Article 6.4) Community Sovereign Role — operationalises Principle 8 (CARE/FPIC) with structural enforcement at database level AI Agent Role — operationalises Principle 6 (AI-Legibility) with delegated credentials and mandatory PROV-O trails 7-Layer Technical Standards Stack — maps principles to W3C, ISO, UNTP, and CTH-original standards