Verra has concluded its consultation on a proposed approach to third-party crypto instruments and tokens and has published a summary of the comments it received. Verra recognizes the potential opportunities that crypto instruments and tokens can provide for environmental and social markets, as well as the improved channeling of finance to support emission reduction and removal projects that supply...Read More

Based on collaboration with Die Zeit and Source Material, The Guardian incorrectly claimed that Verra-certified REDD+ projects consistently and significantly over-issue carbon credits. The claims in this article are based on studies that used “synthetic controls” or similar methods that did not take into account project-specific factors that cause deforestation. As a result, these studies...Read More