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Carbon Credit Registry Scraper — Verra VCS & Gold Standard

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Carbon Credit Registry Scraper — Verra VCS & Gold Standard

Pull structured project data from two of the world's largest voluntary carbon market (VCM) registries in a single run. Covers Verra (VCS) (5,000 projects) and Gold Standard (4,000 projects) via each registry's public, unauthenticated API. No account, no proxy, no browser required.

What You Get

One record per carbon project. Fields sourced directly from each registry's API:

Field Description
project_id Unique identifier within the registry
registry Verra_VCS or GoldStandard
project_name Full project name
project_type Primary category (e.g. Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use, Energy Efficiency)
methodology Protocol or methodology code (e.g. VM0047, AMS-III.R, GS-TPDDTEC)
country Country where the project is located
region Geographic region
lat / lon Project coordinates (subset of projects)
project_developer Proponent or developer organization
validator Validator organization
crediting_period_start Crediting period start date
crediting_period_end Crediting period end date
total_credits_issued Total VCUs or VERs issued to date
status Project status (Registered, Under Validation, Listed, etc.)
sdg_contributions UN Sustainable Development Goals claimed by the project
project_url Direct link to the project page in its registry

How to Use

Inputs

Parameter Type Default Description
registry select all all, verra, or goldstandard
maxItems integer 100 Maximum projects to return across selected registries

Quick Start

Set registry to all and maxItems to 10 for a fast sample run. To pull the full dataset from both registries, set maxItems to 10000 (or higher — the actor will stop when results are exhausted).

Sample Output

{
  "project_id": "1360",
  "registry": "Verra_VCS",
  "project_name": "Kasigau Corridor REDD+ Project Phase II",
  "project_type": "Agriculture Forestry and Other Land Use",
  "methodology": "VM0009",
  "country": "Kenya",
  "region": "Africa",
  "lat": -3.8,
  "lon": 38.6,
  "project_developer": "Wildlife Works Carbon LLC",
  "validator": "Bureau Veritas Certification",
  "crediting_period_start": "2011-02-01",
  "crediting_period_end": "2041-01-31",
  "total_credits_issued": 3214807,
  "status": "Registered",
  "sdg_contributions": ["SDG 15 - Life on Land", "SDG 1 - No Poverty"],
  "project_url": "https://registry.verra.org/app/projectDetail/VCS/1360"
}

Use Cases

  • Carbon market research — analyze project type and methodology distributions across the voluntary market
  • ESG due diligence — screen carbon offset suppliers by country, developer, and status
  • Climate data aggregation — build datasets linking carbon projects to geographies and SDGs
  • Lead generation — identify project developers and validators active in specific markets
  • Portfolio analysis — track crediting periods and total credits issued for offsetting strategies
  • Regulatory monitoring — watch project status changes across both major registries

Coverage & Limitations

  • Verra VCS: approximately 5,000 projects (forestry, methane capture, renewables, clean cooking)
  • Gold Standard: approximately 4,000 projects (energy efficiency, clean cooking, biodiversity)
  • Coordinates (lat/lon) are only available for a subset of projects — not all registries require geolocation
  • total_credits_issued reflects the registry API value at time of scrape; issuance data lags real-time
  • Retirement/transaction-level data (individual credit retirements) is not included in this actor; the registries expose that through separate endpoints

Pricing

Pay-per-result. Each project record costs a small fraction of a cent. A full run of both registries (~9,000 records) costs under $1.

Registry Sources

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