This June 2025 report by Pollination highlights the growing importance of nature in investment strategies, with a focus on how institutional investors can engage with the voluntary carbon market. It offers practical tools to assess nature-related risks, dependencies, and opportunities across portfolios.
2025 CDR Market Survey: In Net Zero Standards We Trust
This 2025 report by CDR.fyi and Sylvera surveys both durable carbon dioxide removal suppliers and purchasers, revealing a significant price gap, reliance on net-zero standards to drive demand, and strong intent to scale durable CDR. However, growth remains limited by cost, quality uncertainty, and early-stage market constraints.
Evolving Markets, Emerging Solutions
This April 2025 report by the Carbon Market Institute and Westpac, examines how Australia’s carbon markets are maturing, exploring supply and demand trends, policy reforms, Indigenous leadership, technology innovation, and international opportunities for advancing decarbonisation.
Country Guidance for Navigating Carbon Markets
This June 2025 report by VCMI (in partnership with the World Bank, GIZ, UNDP, UNFCCC and others) provides country-focused guidance to develop high-integrity carbon market strategies: from authorising credits, to pricing and governance frameworks, to help governments confidently engage with international carbon finance.
Global Carbon Markets Could Protect 150 million Hectares of Land in the Next Decade
This June 2024 report by BeZero Carbon reveals that a well‑structured $100 billion global carbon market over the next decade could protect up to 150 million hectares of land (the size of Peru) and support around 17 million jobs, highlighting the immense nature and livelihood benefits of scaling high-integrity carbon markets.
Voluntary Carbon Markets: Potential Pitfalls and the Path Forward
This 2025 report by CCAG outlines the expectations and challenges facing the carbon dioxide removal (CDR) market, based on surveys of both suppliers and purchasers. It reveals a widening pricing gap, heavy reliance on net‑zero standards to drive demand, and a planned shift toward durable CDR, though scaling remains hindered by cost and quality uncertainties.
State of the Voluntary Carbon Market 2025
The May 2025 report by Ecosystem Marketplace reveals that the voluntary carbon market is transitioning towards higher quality and integrity, with demand remaining steady despite a 25% drop in transaction volumes. Credit prices fell only 5.5%, and retirements held steady, indicating resilient demand amid market pressures.
Consolidated List of Indicators for Assessing Overall Progress Towards Achievement of the Targets Referred to in Paragraphs 9-10 of Decision 2/CMA.5, and Progress of the Work on the Indicators
In this May 2025 report by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, experts outline 490 indicators to track global progress on climate adaptation—covering water, food, health, ecosystems, and more—marking a key step toward consistent, measurable global adaptation goals.
State of Blended Finance
This May 2025 report by Convergence analyzes the blended finance market in 2024, highlighting a steady increase in deal flow and median deal size, with commercial capital outpacing development finance institutions. It identifies challenges such as limited local capital mobilization and transparency, exacerbated by declining development assistance.
A New Era for High Quality Carbon Avoidance: The New Floor Price for REDD+ Credits
This May 2025 report by Abatable sets a new $15 floor price for high-integrity REDD+ credits, citing rising project costs from stricter methodologies. It urges buyers to rethink outdated price expectations to support credible forest conservation.










