# Verra

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/verra-org/  
**Website:** https://verra.org  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Verra is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit standards body that develops and manages the world's leading certification programs for climate action and sustainable development. Its flagship program, the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), is the most widely used voluntary greenhouse gas crediting program globally, with more than 2,579 registered projects across 132+ countries and over 1.3 billion Verified Carbon Units (VCUs) issued. Verra also operates the Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards (CCB), the Sustainable Development Verified Impact Standard (SD VISta), the Plastic Waste Reduction Standard (PWRP), the Scope 3 Standard Program, and the Jurisdictional and Nested REDD+ (JNR) framework. The Verra Registry at registry.verra.org is the system of record for projects, methodologies, issuances, retirements, and the AFOLU pooled buffer account across these programs; project documentation, public comment periods, and credit-lifecycle records are all surfaced through that registry. Verra recently launched VCS Version 5, modernizing program operations, strengthening safeguards, and clarifying credit rights. Verra does not publish a public developer API, OpenAPI specification, SDK, or GitHub organization; programmatic data access is limited to the registry's web interface and filtered report exports, and there is no open-source code or machine-readable spec catalog associated with the organization.

## Kin Score — 3.8 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 3.8).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 2.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

Regulatory layer — **Energy & Utilities**: 8.1 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Verra Org Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

## Tags

Carbon, Carbon Credits, Carbon Markets, Voluntary Carbon Market, Carbon Registry, Climate, Climate Action, Greenhouse Gas, Emissions Reduction, Offsets, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, REDD Plus, Forestry, AFOLU, Nature-Based Solutions, Plastic Waste, Standards, Certification, Non-Profit

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/verra-org/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.