First wave of Article 6 carbon credits misfire spectacularly

A new Carbon Market Watch analysis, based on currently available project data, has uncovered that the first project transitioning from the CDM to the Article 6.4 market is poised to issue an astonishing 27.4 times more credits than it should as compared to the values from peer-reviewed scientific literature.

Behind the green curtain: big oil and the voluntary carbon market

Shell was the world’s largest user of carbon credits in 2024, a year in which fossil fuel companies dominated the voluntary carbon market. This allows them to pretend they are taking significant climate action, while continuing with business as usual. Since the ratification of the Paris Agreement, companies have shifted the way they consider and …

Why UN REDD+ and Article 6 carbon markets are incompatible

False friends: Why UN REDD+ and Article 6 carbon markets are incompatible

As the line increasingly blurs between UN REDD+ and Article 6.2 carbon markets, this briefing sets the record straight. This comparison demonstrates that these two systems do not serve the same purpose and do not have comparable quality requirements. Urgent finance is needed for forest conservation, but Article 6.2 carbon markets are not the way.