A new white paper from RMI, Beyond Alliance, the American Forest Foundation, and LongRun Climate introduces contracted durability: a set of legal and financial mechanisms that ensure a carbon dioxide removal credit keeps one tonne of CO₂ out of the atmosphere across the durability threshold it is required to meet.
A 3Degrees/Google/Meta collaboration offering a five-step methodology for organizations to directly procure clean electricity attributes and credibly address Scope 3 value chain emissions.
Published by Carbon Direct and JPMorgan Chase (Oct 2025), this whitepaper sets principles for financing VCM projects that deliver measurable biodiversity alongside carbon. Focus on ARR/IFM, portfolio-level reporting, non-fungibility of biodiversity, and practical, project-level MMRV design.
Published by S&P Global, this whitepaper shows how registries are the backbone of credible carbon markets. It details policy options for countries to design fit-for-purpose systems, linking domestic registries with Article 6 mechanisms and voluntary standards. Key principles include interoperability, governance, and data security to enhance trust and access to finance for climate action. Case examples illustrate how registry architecture enables transparency and alignment with national goals.
This VCMI-ISFC report highlights how financial institutions can shape, scale, and de-risk high-integrity carbon markets. It outlines eight practical entry points, from fund management to policymaker engagement, to accelerate capital flows and build market confidence amid regulatory and reputational uncertainty.
This May 2025 report by Abatable shows how Internal Carbon Pricing helps companies cut emissions, fund climate action, and prep for regulation. It outlines pricing models, real-world case studies, and practical steps to make carbon costs part of business strategy.
In December 2024 Everland released a whitepaper on REDD+ projects. It assessed the baseline forest loss projections of 45 REDD+ projects and compared these baselines to the actual levels of forest loss that took place. It concludes that when you consider the 20-year history of REDD+, this carbon crediting approach has been robust.
This paper from BeZero explains the benefits of a $100bn carbon market for people and the planet. Published in June 2024, it says that the carbon markets could be facing their own ‘ChatGPT moment’ with huge potential for expansion. It explains there are more than 50 different activities from which carbon credits can be generated and that between 2014 and 2024, the market issued 1.8 billion credits.
Published in February 2024, this white paper from Sylvera discusses the possible convergence of voluntary carbon markets with compliance carbon markets. Sylvera considers the different opportunities convergence would bring, including greater efficiency, higher quality and more innovation.
Published in February 2024, this resource is Ideal for those overwhelmed by the volume of guidance for corporates in the voluntary carbon market. Climate Impact Partners has reviewed all the requirements and collected them in one, easy-to-navigate document to help corporates make high-integrity claims with confidence.