Questioning the integrity of the voluntary carbon market: Introduction
‘Questioning the integrity of the voluntary carbon market’ is a new series of Carbon Market Watch video explainers that answers your question on this neglected topic.
COP28 pledges: Signed, sealed, undelivered
Many of the lofty announcements made at last year’s COP28 climate conference in Dubai have yet translate into action weeks ahead of COP29 in Baku.
VCMI’s new framework needlessly endangers its credibility
The Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity initiative’s latest guidance on the use of carbon credits by companies undermines VCMI’s stated mission of combating greenwashing and setting out a framework for making valid climate claims. Last year, VCMI published its long anticipated Claims Code of Practice, which provides guidance for companies on how to use carbon credits …
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FAQ: Understanding the financial workings of the voluntary carbon market
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement sets out the principles for carbon markets. At COP28, governments will further develop the rules governing these markets.
New CMW study and SBTi assessment highlight risks associated with carbon offsetting
Fresh evidence published by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) confirms the unsuitability of carbon offsetting to meet emissions targets, echoing the findings of a new Carbon Market Watch study that casts doubt over the fairness of financial flows in the voluntary carbon market (VCM).
Due South: Voluntary carbon market’s North-South inequality under the spotlight
Our latest report discusses how carbon credits from renewable energy projects are in oversupply and fail to deliver additional climate benefits
Not banking on carbon markets
The banking sector’s anticipated upswing in investment in the voluntary carbon market has failed to materialise, new research reveals.
Euro 2024 fails to score its most important climate goal
As Euro 2024 kicks off, the tournament has been caught offside with some of its climate claims. UEFA must do better to tackle its carbon footprint.
Will Bonn reset lead to Baku handshake on Paris Agreement’s Article 6?
The latest round of UN climate negotiations in Bonn has laid the groundwork for the power players to finally agree at COP29 on transparency and wider quality issues of Article 6 carbon markets. Our CMW team reports.
Ambition reality check for the Article 6.2 Titanic
We couldn’t agree more with one of the Article 6 negotiators: the negotiations on Article 6.2 are like being on the Titanic
