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Carbon markets at COP27: What is happening and why it matters to companies striving for net zero

Cecilia Keating

Cecilia Keating

18 November 2022 • 7 min read

Carbon markets at COP27: What is happening and why it matters to companies striving for net zero

Discussions around the framework of Article 6 are under strain at COP27 - and concerns are mounting the outcome could further undermine the credibility of voluntary carbon markets

The headline rules for UN-approved carbon markets may have been officially finalised at the COP26 Climate Summit, but the headache is not yet over for negotiators tasked with hashing out the finer details...

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