Americas > Verra withdraws UN rice farming offset methodology for review over integrity concerns

Verra withdraws UN rice farming offset methodology for review over integrity concerns

Published 22:01 on February 3, 2023  /  Last updated at 01:10 on June 30, 2023  / /  Americas, Asia Pacific, China, International, Kyoto Mechanisms, Nature-based, Other APAC, US, Voluntary

Carbon standard developer and manager Verra has halted the use of a popular UN methodology for generating offsets from growing rice, launching a review of the protocol after integrity concerns were raised.
Carbon standard developer and manager Verra has halted the use of a popular UN methodology for generating offsets from growing rice, launching a review of the protocol after integrity concerns were raised.


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