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Ecosystem Marketplace’s State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2021

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 carbon markets to achieve Paris climate goals. Data from the State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2021 shows that as of 31 August 2021, voluntary carbon markets had already posted $748.2M USD in sales for 239.3 million credits, each representing one ton of carbon dioxide equivalent, reflecting a 58% year-to-date jump in value (up from $472.9M), and growth in credit volume of 27% over 2020 performance (up from 188.2 million credits transacted). Read more.

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Ecosystem Marketplace (EM) first started reporting on the voluntary markets for carbon offsets, otherwise known as carbon credits, in 2005 and has since become a leading source of information on environmental finance, markets, and payments for ecosystem services. The insights and analysis of carbon offsets prices and corporate claims (e.g., net zero, carbon neutrality) are based upon the trades, deliveries, expertise, and sentiments reported by a growing global network (known as EM Respondents) of hundreds of active and prospective market participants that are originating and/or trading carbon credits – including project developers, investors, intermediaries.

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