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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 It urges buyers to rethink outdated price expectations to support credible forest conservation.
This AlliedOffsets report released in May 2025 forecasts rising demand for CORSIA-eligible carbon credits through 2035, warns of a major supply gap, and projects price hikes, urging greater credit issuance and stronger enforcement to avoid non-compliance risks for airlines.
AAE released its April 2025 report critiquing major voluntary carbon standards for lacking strong safeguards to protect Indigenous rights, land tenure, and gender equity. It calls for a rights-based approach to ensure carbon markets benefit people as well as the planet, and prevent harm to vulnerable communities.