How did we end up turning carbon into a commodity? The world trades everything from sugar cane to luxury cars, as well as intangible goods like intellectual property and patents. With climate change a growing threat, economists came up with the idea of trading the right to pollute, creating a financial incentive to curb emissions....Read More

Carbon markets are a critical tool in corporate emission reduction efforts. The voluntary carbon market needs to grow more than 15-fold by 2030 to support the investment required to deliver the 1.5°C pathway. The Taskforce for Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets has released its blueprint for creating large-scale carbon credit trading markets. These 20 recommendations support the scale-up...Read More