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Ecosystem Marketplace’s State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2021
By Ecosystem Marketplace, a Forest Trends initiative
UPDATE: Voluntary Carbon Markets Top $1 Billion in 2021 with Newly Reported Trades, a Special Ecosystem Marketplace COP26 Bulletin (November 2021) 15 September 2021 | In the first eight months of 2021, voluntary carbon markets have already posted a near-60% increase in value from last year, driven by corporate net-zero ambition and growing interest in […]
A Green Growth Spurt, State of Forest Carbon Finance 2021
By Ecosystem Marketplace, a Forest Trends initiativeEcosystem Marketplace’s report, A Green Growth Spurt: State of Forest Carbon Finance 2021 (last iteration in 2017), published in collaboration with the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility of the World Bank, shows that funding to conserve and increase carbon stored in global forests has more than doubled in the last four years. However, forest carbon finance […]
Buyers of Voluntary Carbon Offsets, a Regional Analysis – State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2020
The third installment, featuring European and North American Buyers Offsets Prices, Volumes, and Insights
By Ecosystem Marketplace, a Forest Trends initiativeCarbon markets are booming. What will the demand for voluntary offsets look like if it is estimated that the market needs to grow 15-fold by 2030 and 100-fold by 2050 in order to meet Paris Agreement ambition? The third and final installment of Ecosystem Marketplace’s 2020 State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets report, published yesterday, […]
EM Insights Brief: Closing the Carbon Offsets Issuances & Retirements Gap
State of the Carbon Offsets Standards’ Issuances & Retirements, 2021 Quarter 1
By Ecosystem Marketplace, a Forest Trends initiativeState of the Carbon Offsets Standards’ Issuances & Retirements, 2021 Quarter 1 Ecosystem Marketplace has aggregated data derived from standards’ registries, including Verra’s Verified Carbon Standard (VCS), Gold Standard, American Carbon Registry, and Climate Action Reserve, Plan Vivo, and the California Air Resources Board to bring you the latest updates and historical roundup of independent […]
Mapping Potential Demand for Water Quality Trading in the United States
By Genevieve Bennett and Melissa GallantWater quality trading is a promising tool that offers a flexible, more cost-effective approach to reducing pollution in our waterways than more traditional engineered solutions. Yet a lack of sufficient demand for credits has been a consistent barrier to scaling up water quality trading in the United States. The National Network on Water Quality Trading […]
Fertile Ground, State of Forest Carbon Finance 2017
State of Forest Carbon Finance 2017
By Ecosystem Marketplace, a Forest Trends initiativePolicymakers around the world recognize the potential for natural land area to combat climate change: a total of 97 countries mentioned specific pla ns to reduce emissions from deforestation or increase forest cover in their Paris Agreement commitments. As the international community and domestic lawmakers figure out how to cost-effectively meet their emissions reductions targets, […]
Offsets and Compensation for Global Infrastructure Development
State of Biodiversity Mitigation 2017
Between 2015 and 2030, an estimated $90 trillion will need to be spent on new infrastructure assets, in order for transportation networks, energy, utilities, and other essential systems to keep pace with projected demand.[1] That is more than the value of the entire existing global infrastructure stock today. Two-thirds of it is needed in developing […]
Unlocking Potential: Buyers Analysis, State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2017
State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2017 - Buyers Analysis
By Ecosystem Marketplace, a Forest Trends initiativeThe Buyer’s Analysis – a companion report to the State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2017 Report, looks at who buys offsets, where they are located, why they buy offsets, and how they choose which offsets to purchase. As of 2016, offsets equivalent to 1.1 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions (BtCO2e) have been transacted […]
State of European Markets 2017 – Voluntary Carbon
In 2015, Ecosystem Marketplace tracked European voluntary buyers purchasing 16.1 MtCO2e, typically from renewable energy and forestry projects. Nearly all of the voluntary carbon offsets bought by European buyers originated from projects outside of Europe. Projects located in Europe produced relatively few carbon offsets for the voluntary market. The purpose of this report is to […]
