carbon credits
16 May 2014
UI, Chevy make carbon credit deal
By: The News-Gazette The UI will sell an estimated 150,000 metric tons of carbon credits to Chevrolet, which is expected to “retire” them on...
carbon offsets
6 May 2014
South Africa Irons Out Rules For Emission Reductions In Planned Carbon Tax
By: Allie Goldstein Ecosystem Marketplace 6 May 2014 | In designing its emissions reductions program, South Africa decided to have its cake and eat it too. Rather than choosing between the ...
climate change
6 May 2014
Acre and Goliath: One Brazilian State Struggles To End Deforestation
climate change
1 May 2014
Webinars in May
Dear colleagues, The VCS is committed to helping catalyze action on climate change; to that end, we often host online learning sessions to better highlight the newest methodologies and other ...
carbon offsets
24 April 2014
Carbon Offset Trading System: Easy to do for this Country
By: Stafford Thomas Financial Mail A TAX on carbon dioxide (CO₂) and other greenhouse gas emissions will become a reality in 2015, bringing with...
methodology
24 April 2014
New Remote Sensing Tool Open for Public Comment
It can often be extremely difficult for AFOLU project developers to estimate the carbon stocks in Aboveground Live Tree Biomass (ALFB). This is due in large part to the ...
climate change
23 April 2014
Almir Surui: Perseverance Under Pressure
methodology
22 April 2014
New VCS Methodology to Help Grassland Farmers Sustainably Manage their Land
New VCS Methodology to Help Grassland Farmers Sustainably Manage their Land (Washington, D.C.) – Millions of people around the world rely on grasslands to feed their livestock, and ultimately ...
methodology
22 April 2014
New VCS Methodology to Help Grassland Farmers Sustainably Manage their Land
New VCS Methodology to Help Grassland Farmers Sustainably Manage their Land Millions of people around the world rely on grasslands to feed their livestock, and ultimately put food on ...
carbon offsets
16 April 2014
TripZero: A lean startup tries to ‘green’ the travel industry
By: Marc Gunther The Guardian About seven years ago, a publishing executive named Eric Zimmerman heard a speech by Eric Corry Freed, the author of a book called Green Building ...