climate change
1 April 2014
Webinars in April
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 developments ...
methodology
25 March 2014
New Fire Management Methodology Released for Public Comment
Controlled fires can be an important tool for maintaining and revitalizing the ecological health of forests and grasslands. In an effort to incentivize better fire management practices, a new ...
vcs
5 March 2014
Come Work for the VCS
carbon credits
20 February 2014
With new tool, wetland restoration comes a step closer to carbon financing
By: Nathanael Massey, E&E reporter Since the 1600s, the United States has lost more than half of its historical wetlands to drainage, dredging, agriculture...
vcs
19 February 2014
VCS Enables Carbon Finance to Restore Wetlands; Protect Communities
VCS Enables Carbon Finance to Restore Wetlands; Protect Communities (Washington, D.C.) – With the U.S Gulf Coast continuing its long recovery from Hurricane Katrina, today the Verified Carbon ...
methodology
19 February 2014
VCS Releases First Methodology to Protect Coastal Wetlands
Wetlands can provide a natural buffer between nature’s fury and people’s homes. They also provide a significant potential for sequestering carbon. Shockingly, about 80,000 acres of wetlands disappear each ...
carbon credits
13 February 2014
Higher Ed To Get Cleaner, More Efficient, With Boost From Chevrolet
by: Gloria Gonzalez Ecosystem Marketplace 13 February 2014 | When Ball State University joined the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), it pledged...
methodology
12 February 2014
New VCS Methodology Powered By Chevrolet to Reduce Emissions in U.S. Education Facilities
78 million. That’s the record number of students, according to the U.S. Department of Education, that attended classes in 2013. As the student population continues to grow, hundreds of ...
methodology
11 February 2014
New Tidal Wetlands Restoration Methodology Released for Public Comment
Wetlands store more carbon than almost any other type of land; their destruction, largely through anthropogenic draining and degradation causes some of the most intense greenhouse gas emissions. To ...
jnr
4 February 2014
VCS Update: New tools and templates for JNR programs
As the VCS continues to expand upon our Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ (JNR) Framework, we wanted to alert you to a recently released new tool that will allow REDD+ ...