Questioning the integrity of the voluntary carbon market: Introduction

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Inigo Wyburd

Inigo is Carbon Market Watch's policy expert on global carbon markets, with a special focus on the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

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Bonn chance: UN carbon markets enter implementation phase on shaky foundations ahead of COP31

25/06/2026

The champions of Article 6 carbon markets used the opportunity of the Bonn climate conference to push, ahead of COP31, for a

Oil Spill 2: Fossil fuel interests pollute US carbon market rules

17/06/2026

To sate their voracious appetite for greenwashing offsets, major fossil fuel companies have invested considerable resources and effort to lobby, both directly and indirectly, to weaken carbon market federal regulations in the United States and state regulations in California, concludes a new Carbon Market Watch investigation.

Out of the frying pan, into the cookstove: Too many carbon credits enter UN carbon market

09/06/2026

The first two projects, both related to cookstoves, approved for use under the UN’s carbon market massively overestimate their climate impact, despite

Losing ground: UN carbon market will likely fail to protect marginalised communities – report

30/04/2026

A tool that aims to promote and safeguard sustainable development under the UN carbon market offers indigenous peoples and local communities little protection against projects which infringe on their land or violate their human rights. This was the disturbing finding of a joint investigation by Carbon Market Watch and the Land Matrix Initiative.

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