Voluntary Carbon Markets
Voluntary carbon markets have seen significant growth in recent years and are expected to surge in the years ahead. But they have traditionally been seen as opaque, complex and niche. That is rapidly changing as a large range of companies start to engage with them.
In the latest Platts Future Energy podcast, Jonty Rushforth is joined by Paula Vanlaningham and Jeff Berman to discuss the ‘beauty' of carbon credit markets. Listen now.
This space is a virtual alternative to face-to-face events and forums, created to enable our clients and market participants to continue to engage with us, and each other. Our latest Energy Transition featured announcement is the launch of Voluntary Carbon Credit Assessments reflecting avoidance, removals credits. Explore now.
Companies in the global voluntary carbon market are looking to the COP26 United Nations climate talks in November for clarity on how a new mechanism for trading greenhouse gas emissions reductions will work, according to Hugh Salway, head of environmental markets at standards setter Gold Standard. Interview highlights include:
Voluntary carbon credits are moving toward greater standardization and taking the form of traditional commodities, with speculative capital potentially the biggest growth driver for the carbon market in coming years, said William Pazos, cofounder and managing director of carbon trading platform AirCarbon, in a recent interview. Interview highlights include: