Verra - Standards for a Sustainable Future
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Verra catalyzes measurable #climateaction and #sustainabledevelopment outcomes by driving large-scale investment to activities that achieve them.
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The recently unveiled IETA Guidelines for High Integrity Use of Carbon Credits outline the pivotal role carbon credits can play in driving cost-effective global decarbonization efforts. 🌏🌿
#IETA #carbonmarkets #vcm #makingnetzeropossible
Four projects certified with Verra’s flagship Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program now provide a pathway to contributing to Chile’s domestic carbon market. Learn more: bit.ly/3Q0FsHB
#CarbonCredits #CarbonReduction #ClimateAction
Verra staff will be in Ottawa to attend the fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee ( #INC4 ) to develop an international legally binding instrument to curb #PlasticPollution .
Read more: bit.ly/3TZrpTI
#PlasticWaste #CircularEconomy
🌟 The European Climate Summit ( #ECS2024 ) is underway! Verra hosted a side event on use cases for carbon crediting, led by our own Andrew Howard. It featured important market-wide discussions on offsetting's relevance and the future of #CarbonMarkets . #ClimateChange
Ever wondered why we need carbon standards and how they work?
Together with Carbonwise we worked on a short, animated video that explains all this.
#StandardsMatter #CarbonMarkets #ClimateAction
Join Verra's new REDD Methodologies Working Group! Contribute to the development of REDD methodologies and related VCS Program rules and requirements. Apply by May 3, 2024. Read more: bit.ly/442DbBp #CarbonCredits #ClimateChange
Join us for our Stakeholder Update Webinar on April 24 at 11:00 am ET! We will highlight Verra's achievements from the last quarter, discuss upcoming priorities, and conclude with a live question-and-answer session.
bit.ly/3TPGk2V
#StandardsMatter
Together with @Carbonwise, we produced a video that explains sheds light on the role of the standards in the carbon market and lays out their checks-and-balances system for assessing the quality of projects and the units they issue. Watch: bit.ly/4cNwqr3
#CarbonCredits
⏰ Deadline alert! Verra's public consultation on draft carbon capture and storage (CCS) tools and modules in the VCS Program runs through April 15. For more information and to provide feedback, please see: bit.ly/3OZ8syX
#CarbonCredits #ClimateChange #Verra
📢 Verra is launching a public consultation for a minor revision to “VM0042 Methodology for Improved Agricultural Land Management, v2.0” in the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Program. Learn more and comment by May 6, 2024: bit.ly/4aD0J2t #CarbonCredits #carbonmarkets
A new study in Nature Climate Change reviewed the science underlying nature-based climate solutions. The authors found that tropical and temperate forest conservation and reforestation “were consistently rated as high-confidence pathways.” bit.ly/3xn5232 #CarbonCredits
🌟Julie Aguko, senior program officer, energy innovation at Verra, discusses her professional journey in the energy sector and her role at Verra. Read more: bit.ly/3VFUiqI #Energy #CarbonMarkets #StandardsMatter
🌳 Dive into Verra's new tool, 'VT0007 Unplanned Deforestation Allocation (UDef-A), v1.0' in our webinar on April 4 at 11:00 am ET. Developed by @Clark_Labs, Clark University, and TerraCarbon LLC.
bit.ly/4coBi5F
#CarbonCredits #ClimateChange