Understanding Carbon Markets

MSCI released its Understanding Carbon Markets guide in December 2024. It explains how compliance and voluntary carbon markets work, the role of high-quality carbon credits, and how investors and companies use them to meet climate goals. It aims to equip stakeholders to engage effectively with carbon markets and drive global decarbonization.

Understanding Carbon Markets

MSCI released its Understanding Carbon Markets guide in December 2024. It explains how compliance and voluntary carbon markets work, the role of high-quality carbon credits, and how investors and companies use them to meet climate goals. It aims to equip stakeholders to engage effectively with carbon markets and drive global decarbonization.

Forecasting the Voluntary Carbon Market: Projecting VCM Growth to 2040

This report, published in March 2025 by AlliedOffsets, projects steady growth for the voluntary carbon market. It expects retirements to reach one billion tons and market value to hit $40 billion by 2040. However, it predicts low prices until 2032, followed by rising demand and higher prices driven by improved credit quality and market shifts.

We are all in this together – UNEP Annual Report 2024

Published in January 2025 by UNEP, the Annual Report 2024 outlines key environmental efforts, including developments in the voluntary carbon market. At COP29, nations agreed on international carbon market standards, boosting transparency and credibility. UNEP also supported forest-based carbon trading under UN-REDD, aiding countries in accessing finance. The report covers nature conservation, NDCs, plastics, gender, and plastic pollution, emphasising global collaboration for sustainability.

Decoding the Voluntary Carbon Market in 2024 and beyond

Abatable published a report, considering the future of the voluntary carbon market, in February 2025. It finds that the VCM is shifting towards integrity, compliance and long-term funding, with airlines driving demand through CORSIA. Integrity now seems to define market value as companies move away from “carbon neutral” claims. This means high-quality credits are in demand and also a growing divide between low- and high-integrity credits.

Beyond Common App for ARR

An open-source template that sets a baseline for the essential information project developers need to move through buyers’ procurement pipelines.

The State of Carbon Credits 2024

Sylvera, the carbon data provider, reviewed the state of carbon credits in 2024. Published in January 2025, this report highlighted the differing perspectives of market participants during the previous year. Some players were excited by Article 6 progress and new methodological approvals from the ICVCM. Others remained unconfident both in credit quality and in the likelihood of future demand. However, it concludes that the carbon markets are going through a gradual but significant time of change.