carbon credits
30 July 2020
Webinar – 20 August: The Role of International Standards in the Colombian Carbon Market (en Español)
Para leer en español haga click aquí. In an effort to control emissions from the sector, Colombia approved a National Carbon Tax on fossil fuels in late 2016. ...
jnr
24 July 2020
Request for Proposals: Consultancy for Consolidating REDD+ Methodologies
As the leading greenhouse gas (GHG) program for Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU), Verra seeks to ensure that its Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) AFOLU projects continue to ...
Plastic Waste Reduction Program Public Consultation, CORSIA Resources, Data Brief on Colombia, Environmental Finance Survey, and other news
plastic
15 July 2020
July 2020 Newsletter
plastic
15 July 2020
Plastic Waste Reduction Program – Public Consultation Now Open
The coronavirus pandemic has dramatically increased the production and use of single-use plastic products and stalled the introduction of regulations that would mandate corporate responsibility for waste collection and ...
carbon credits
15 July 2020
Greenbiz Webinar with Verra Staff: “Innovation in Forest Carbon Solutions”
Forests have the potential to contribute over 20% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions and removals needed to meet the Paris Agreement targets. However, finance for such ...
sustainable development
14 July 2020
Sustainable Development Contributions Report Template Now Available
We are pleased to announce that Verra’s new “Sustainable Development Contributions Report Template” is now available. Many projects using our standards are generating sustainable development benefits, ...
carbon markets
14 July 2020
Ecosystem Marketplace’s Carbon Survey Closing Soon!
Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace (EM) is closing this year’s EM Carbon Survey next week (24 July), and we want to encourage market actors who transacted VCUs in 2019 to ...
carbon markets
25 June 2020
IETA Webinar Series on Carbon Markets: Sessions with Verra Staff
Throughout the next few months, Verra will participate in several webinars that are part of the International Emissions Trading Association’s “IETA Live: Carbon Market Virtual ...
blue carbon
25 June 2020
Verra Invites Applications to Join Forest Carbon Innovations Working Group
Para leer el artículo en español haga click aquí. Forests have the potential to contribute over 20% of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions and removals needed ...
jnr
24 June 2020
Request for Proposals: Short-Term Consultancy for Updating the AFOLU and JNR Non-Permanence Risk Tools
The Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program is the world’s largest voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) program with almost 1,800 registered projects in 82 countries that have cumulatively generated more than ...