Verra’s diligence and transparency underpins the positive outcomes of carbon projects it certifies. Carbon credit sellers, too, want markets with quality control guarantees, which help attract a solid pool of buyers, and the VCS Program ensures the quality and integrity of the projects it certifies.

Mar 6, 2025 · Verra is a nonprofit organization that operates standards in environmental and social markets, including the world’s leading carbon crediting program, the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program.

Verra is a nonprofit organization that operates standards in environmental and social markets, including the world’s leading carbon crediting program, the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program.

The Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program is the world’s most widely used greenhouse gas (GHG) crediting program. It drives finance toward activities that reduce and remove emissions, improve livelihoods, and protect nature. VCS projects have reduced or removed more than one billion tons of carbon and other GHG emissions from the atmosphere.

Methodologies in the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program set out detailed procedures that projects must follow to quantify greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits. Within each methodology, developers can find guidance on determining project boundaries, setting baselines, assessing additionality, and quantifying GHG reductions and/or removals.

The Verra Registry is the cornerstone for the implementation of Verra’s standards programs. It is the central repository for all information and documentation relating to Verra projects and units. The Verra Registry also ensures the uniqueness of projects and credits in the system.

Jun 27, 2024 · This methodology framework is globally applicable and applies to project activities involving carbon capture and storage (CCS). It relies on modules for quantifying emissions related to the capture, transport, and storage segments of a CCS project.

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Jan 18, 2023 · Verra has issued over one billion carbon credits since 2009, which have enabled billions of dollars to be channelled to urgent climate action, sustainable development, and the protection and restoration of ecosystems.

Jun 27, 2024 · Verra has released Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Methodology VM0049 Carbon Capture and Storage. VM0049 is a globally applicable framework for technology-based carbon capture and storage (CCS) activities that generate carbon dioxide removals (CDRs) and …