Dear Colleague,
Welcome to Verra’s August Newsletter!
We are delighted to share with you a few key updates that help improve Verra’s operational excellence and strengthen the integrity of our standards programs.
- We recently launched the first component of Verra’s digitalization initiative, the Project Tracker. The first functionality of the Verra Project Hub, the Project Tracker provides stakeholders who have projects listed on the Verra Registry with greater visibility into the status of those projects. More features of the Verra Project Hub will be forthcoming.
- We welcomed three new members of Verra’s Board of Directors: Julie McLaughlin, Anshari Rahman, and Mandy Rambharos. They each bring decades of carbon market experience and will add critical perspectives and expertise as Verra continues to grow.
- We will publish updates to the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program at the end of August. This will include updates that improve the VCS Program’s transparency, usability, and integrity by delivering on previously consulted updates and aligning the program with certain CORSIA and ICVCM requirements. Please look for an email announcement with more details once the updates have been released.
We also would like to draw your attention to a new page on the Verra website, Verra Views, which features thought leadership pieces from Verra staff. In the past month, we posted two new articles on this page: Canada’s Burning Forests Remind Us Why We Need Carbon Crediting and Four Reasons Why “Nationalization Risk” Is Not So Risky.
Stakeholder Updates
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- Photo by Nick Hall, Valdivian Coastal Reserve Project (Verra Project 1175)
Top News
- Verra Launches First Step of Digital Platform for Climate, Sustainability Projects
- Verra Welcomes Three New Directors to the Board
VCS Program
- Verra Welcomes New ICVCM Criteria
- Canada’s Burning Forests Remind Us Why We Need Carbon Crediting
- Four Reasons Why “Nationalization Risk” Is Not So Risky
- Request for Proposals: Development of a VCS Tropical Peatlands Methodology
- Update on Methodologies for REDD Projects that Include Wetlands
- Carbon Market Course from Verra and FOREDOR Begins
- Webinar: The Verified Carbon Standard Program: Carbon Credits Integrity and Co-Benefits
- Verra Response to Rainforest Foundation UK Report on REDD+ Projects
Regular Updates
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- Photo courtesy of FUNDAECO, REDD+ Project for Caribbean, Guatemala: The Conservation Coast (Verra Project 1622)
General
Verra Staff at Events
Verra staff participate regularly in events. For a comprehensive list, please check our events page.
If you’d like to invite a Verra team member to speak at your event, please contact events@verra.org.
We also would like to bring your attention to two upcoming events:
- Bloom 23 (Oct. 24-25, San Jose, CA) is the leading event for professionals advancing strategies to protect and regenerate nature. Over the course of two interactive days, the event creates essential connections between companies, innovators and experts from leading organizations and Indigenous groups. By participating, you’ll get to explore the markets, technologies and partnerships key to addressing the climate and biodiversity crises hand-in-hand.
Learn more and use the code B23VERRA when you register for 10% off the All-Access Pass: https://bit.ly/42G0DC8
- VERGE 23 (Oct. 24-26, San Jose, CA) is the leading climate tech event accelerating solutions to the most pressing challenges of our time. It is the center of gravity for the climate community — leaders from business, government, solution providers and startups — working together to address the climate crisis across the six key programs that comprise the event: Buildings, Carbon, Energy, Food, Startups and Transport.
Learn more and use the code V23VERRA when you register for 10% off the All-Access Pass: https://bit.ly/3LP0hTe