VCS methodologies set out detailed procedures for quantifying the real greenhouse gas (GHG) benefits of a project and provide guidance to help project developers determine project boundaries, set baselines, assess additionality, and ultimately quantify the GHG emissions that were reduced or removed.
Methodology:The broad framework used to interpret a study. Methods: How you collected your data (the context studied, tools used, and approaches taken) Materials: What was used in your study and where it was obtained. Procedure: The processes undertaken during the study.
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Verra's Methodology Change and Requantification Procedure allows VCS Program projects to update methodologies used in past verification periods, align previous monitoring and verification reports with updated methodology versions, and requantify greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions and removals from past periods.
Timeline for Project Registration The length of the validation process varies from project to project. It can take up to a year or longer (in rare cases). After a successful validation, the project proponent requests project registration with Verra as outlined in the Registration and Issuance Process (PDF) document.
Any entity wishing to register projects or issue, retire, or transfer credits must have an active Verra Registry account. Account applications may be submitted by clicking on “Open An Account” at the top right corner of the Verra Registry site.
Development Process Project feasibility assessment. Project listing. Inventory design & installation. Project and baseline scenario modeling. Initial carbon credit and offset project data report. Third-party verification & registry review. Credit/offset issuance. Annual credit/offset project data report.
Account applications may be submitted by clicking on “Open An Account” at the top right corner of the Verra Registry site. Note that all registry account applicants will be subject to strict “Know-Your-Customer” background checks.
A VCS grouped project combines multiple project activity instances into a single, combined project that adds new instances over time. Using VCS requirements for grouped projects, a project proponent may avoid undergoing a full validation for each new instance added to the project.
Verra is a carbon credit registry that manages the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), the biggest standard in the carbon market based on market share. As a standard, Verra sets rules and requirements for carbon credit projects to ensure that they achieve measurable, high-integrity outcomes.