EM Reports, Webinars, and Resources on Global Carbon Markets

2023 All in on Climate: The Role of Carbon Credits in Corporate Climate Strategies

EM’s 2023 corporate voluntary buyers report, “All in on Climate: The Role of Carbon Credits in Corporate Climate Strategies,” is the first major update to its landmark “Taking Stock” report series since 2016. The analysis looks specifically at the climate-related behavior of companies purchasing voluntary project-based carbon credits for their own use compared with companies […]

2023 October 10 | “All in on Climate: The Role of Carbon Credits in Corporate Climate Strategies”

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2023 EM Insights Briefings (webinars)

• 10 October 2023 | Report Launch: The Role of Carbon Credits in Corporate Climate Strategies (download report, access recording, download slides)
• 16 August 2023 | What’s Government Got to do with Carbon Markets? An EM Insights Event on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and the Voluntary Carbon Markets (access recording here)
• 04 May 2023 | Pricing Co-Benefits & SDGs (access recording here)
• 28 March 2023 | World Bank State and Trends of Carbon Pricing & IETA CAD Trust (access recording here)
• 23 February 2023 | A VCM Status Check (access recording here)

2021 December 01 | CORSIA Carbon Market Data from Ecosystem Marketplace in Partnership with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

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2021 November 10 | Voluntary Carbon Markets Top $1 Billion in 2021, a Special Ecosystem Marketplace COP26 Bulletin

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2021 Sept 15 | Markets in Motion, State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2021, Installment 1

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New report from Ecosystem Marketplace on voluntary carbon markets finds 2021 is on track for annual market value record of $1 Billion+ for the first time, as all-time market value hits $6.7 Billion. Based on growing global network of 172 EM Respondents (13% increase from 2020 of 152), with traded credits from projects located in 80 countries.

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.

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2021 June 24 | A Green Growth Spurt, State of Forest Carbon Finance 2021

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What’s inside? Ecosystem Marketplace’s report, A GreenGrowth Spurt: State of Forest Carbon Finance 2021 (last iteration in 2017), 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 still falls far short of what’s needed to counter deforestation and support increased climate ambition. Get a comprehensive look at how forest carbon finance is shaping the path to net zero, and outlook in 2021 and beyond:

• The past four years have shown a strong upward trajectory for forest carbon finance.
• With recent developments, the sector has nowhere to go but up.
• But if we want to get serious about combatting climate change in the next few decades, we must bolster forest carbon finance’s critical role.

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Closing the Carbon Offsets Issuances & Retirements Gap, State of the Carbon Offsets Standards’ Issuances & Retirements, 2021 Quarter 1

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EM Insights Brief: Closing the Carbon Offsets Issuances & Retirements Gap, State of the Carbon Offsets Standards’ Issuances & Retirements, 2021 Quarter 1

We’ve 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 and compliance offsets standards. Download now and stay tuned for the next EM Insights Brief on carbon offset buyers’ data from the 2020 EM Global Carbon Survey to be published at the end of April.

What’s inside? 2021 has already proven to be a landmark year in carbon markets. Our findings show compelling shifts, such as:

• Retirements surpassed issuances in January 2021 for the first time since 2017. The increase was primarily driven by forestry project retirements.
• VCS retirements have more than doubled, Plan Vivo nearly doubled, and Gold Standard increased by 40% compared to Q1 2020.
• Over two-thirds of the world’s issuances in Q1 2021 were located in the United States, India, Turkey, Cambodia, and China.

Hundreds of market participants worldwide and across all project types report confidential details of their carbon credit trades to Ecosystem Marketplace, sending a clear signal that transparency is the key to robust and credible markets.

• Sign up to join this growing group of respondents and recognize your organization amongst your peers.
• Who has responded? Check out the EM Directory of Global Carbon Survey Respondents.

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Guidance Resources

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• Fact sheet: Producing a Voluntary Carbon Offset
• Fact sheet: Voluntary Carbon Offset Project Types and Categories
• Infographic: CORSIA and the Voluntary Carbon Markets