The Quiet Comeback of Voluntary Carbon Markets

The Quiet Comeback of Voluntary Carbon Markets

It is widely agreed that a large part of decarbonization will occur through market-based solutions that put a price on carbon. A growing part of the world’s carbon emissions are covered by mandatory carbon markets – regional or national – the so-called compliance markets. But market watchers see an ongoing need for voluntary markets, in which companies and organizations purchase carbon credits to offset their carbon emissions. In fact, a converg…

Goodbye Carbon Markets, Hello What Exactly? | Agricultural and Rural Convention

Climate Farmers - an influential think-and-do tank focused on regenerative farming - has stepped away from Carbon Markets. This news has been making headlines since it was announced in June. So what’s the problem with carbon markets? And are there alternatives that might work? Oliver Moore spoke with Ivo Degn of Climate Farmers, and others in the field to find out more. Climate Farmers - an influential think-and-do tank focused on regenerative f…

BioCarbon launches new dMRV working group with CORSIA, ICVCM aims « Carbon Pulse

The BioCarbon nature and carbon standard has launched an initiative to study digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (dMRV) solutions, partially to support the standard’s ambitions to align with the CORSIA international aviation offsetting scheme and the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM).