vcs
14 January 2014
Grundon works to offset vehicle emissions
By: LetsRecycle.com Grundon has partnered with The CarbonNeutral Company as part of a three year progamme to offset vehicle emissions while supporting a community...
voluntary carbon market
13 January 2014
Top Voluntary Carbon Market Program to Ban HFC-23 Projects
By: Reuters Verified Carbon Standards (VCS), the world’s leading voluntary program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, said its rules for carbon offset projects will...
carbon markets
10 January 2014
Major Win for the Climate: Voluntary Market Closes Door to HFC-23 Projects
By: PR Newswire Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA): In a major win for the climate, the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), the world’s leading voluntary greenhouse gas program, ...
vcs
10 January 2014
VCS Says Regulating Beats Trading for this Dangerous Greenhouse Gas
By: Ecosystem Marketplace’s Allie Goldstein Markets are a powerful tool for incentivizing and rewarding greenhouse-gas reductions, but the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) says they no longer add value to the ...
carbon markets
9 January 2014
Phasing out of HFC-23 projects
The New Year brings new hope for increased progress towards addressing climate change. To that end, and with a particular eye on the progress under the Montreal Protocol, G-20 ...
jnr
7 January 2014
Call for JNR Expert Applicants
As we start the New Year, more than a dozen jurisdictions are pursuing application of the VCS Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ (JNR) Framework. As a number of leading ...
climate change
19 December 2013
December Newsletter: Year-end Wrap Up
Dear colleagues, 2013 is coming to a close with some exciting new opportunities for the international carbon market on the horizon. First and foremost, there are promising developments out of ...
methodology
24 October 2013
Open for Public Comment: Carpooling Methodology
As we well know, cars are an enormous source of greenhouse gas emissions. In the US alone cars account for almost one fifth of total greenhouse gas emissions each ...
climate change
8 October 2013
VCS Annual Program Update Brings New Opportunities to Address the Challenges of Climate Change
VCS Annual Program Update Brings New Opportunities to Address the Challenges of Climate Change (Washington, D.C.) – With fledgling carbon markets springing up all across the world, today, the ...
vcs
8 October 2013
VCS Announces 2013 Program Update
8 October 2013 VCS Announces 2013 Program Update Today we are rolling out our annual program update, which will help to foster innovation by further support the development of projects and ...