Ecosystem Marketplace Publications

Maneuvering the Mosaic, State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2013

Voluntary demand for carbon offsetting grew 4% in 2012, when buyers committed more than $523 million to offset 101 million metric tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions. Private sector buyers flocked to offsets earned by planting trees, saving tropical forests, or distributing clean cookstoves in the developing world, according to this year’s State of the Voluntary […]

Leveraging the Landscape, State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2012

The report, which aggregates data from 415 individual forest carbon projects historically, was published Thursday by Forest Trends’ Ecosystem Marketplace, a world-leading provider of news, data and analytics on environmental markets and investments in conservation. The report examines a variety of strategies for injecting financial resources into projects that save or plant forests that capture […]

From Canopy to Currency

State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2011

The data and analysis that follow cover forest carbon activity in compliance carbon markets as well as voluntary carbon markets—such as the voluntary Over-the-Counter (OTC) market and the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX). The report finds that growing from already record-breaking years in 2008 and 2009, respondents reported a total of 30.1 million metric tonnes of […]

Building Bridges, State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2010

Click to hear the Launch Event, moderated by Forest Trends CEO Michael Jenkins. The year of 2009 was a tumultuous one for the voluntary carbon markets. First, the economic recession had a marked impact on the number of companies offsetting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. At the same time, unfolding new climate legislation in the United […]

State of Biodiversity Markets

Offset and Compensation Programs Worldwide

This report provides the status and trends of biodiversity offset and compensatory mitigation programs by geographical region. In each section, the report summarizes the total active programs and developing activities, and broad metrics like total known payments and land area protected or restored. In each region, we also analyze the characteristics of offset programs—what drives […]

Taking Root and Branching Out

State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2009

This report was created to increase transparency and answer fundamental questions about the supply of forestry-based carbon credits, such as transaction volumes, credit prices, hectares influenced and tenure rights. It outlines the aggregate numbers from our survey of 61 project developers and 34 intermediaries representing 226 projects across 40 countries. This report is entirely based […]

Fortifying the Foundation

State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2009

This report was created to answer fundamental questions about the voluntary carbon markets such as transaction volumes, credit prices, project types, locations, and the motivations of buyers in this market. Over the past several years, these markets have not only become an opportunity for citizen consumer action, but also an alternative source of carbon finance […]

Beyond Carbon, Biodiversity and Water Markets

It is widely acknowledged that well-functioning ecosystems provide reliable and clean flows of water, productive soils, healthy and balanced biota, and many other services for human well-being. It is also widely documented that today many ecosystems and the services they provide are under threat. The use of markets and market-based mechanisms to conserve and pay […]

Picking Up Steam, State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2007

In the course of 2006 and 2007, interest in climate change, carbon offsets and the voluntary carbon markets accelerated dramatically. And yet despite this interest, and the fact that voluntary carbon markets have effectively been operating since 1989, quantitative data surrounding this market has been sorely lacking. Because of this situation Ecosystem Marketplace and New Carbon Finance teamed […]

The EU Emissions Trading System

The EU ETS has been established  and extended over three successive phases: Phase I (2005–2007, often called the “pilot phase”);   Phase II (2008–2012); and Phase III (2013–2020). The EU appears to be on target and in fact  ahead of schedule for achieving the ambitious emission reduction target set for the years  2008–2012, in large […]