Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets

Could the Integrity Council finalise carbon offset market standards this year?

Offsets

Could the Integrity Council finalise carbon offset market standards this year?

Recently formed Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market announces timetable for delivering Core Carbon Principles for fast-expanding offset markets

clock 17 March 2022 • 4 min read
Weak voluntary carbon markets will kill our chances of limiting temperature rise to 1.5C

Offsets

Weak voluntary carbon markets will kill our chances of limiting temperature rise to 1.5C

Mark Carney's Taskforce for Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets risks failing to tackle the problems that have long beset CO2 offsets, argues Greenpeace's Louisa Casson

clock 04 October 2021 • 5 min read
Mark Carney-led offset market taskforce hands over reins to new governance body

Carbon Trading

Mark Carney-led offset market taskforce hands over reins to new governance body

The Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets announces new independent governance body to oversee development of carbon offset credit principles

clock 21 September 2021 • 5 min read

Offsets

'Trade with confidence' or 'get-out-of-jail'? Carney-led Taskforce plots legal standards for 'unified' carbon offset market

Carney-led carbon market Taskforce has sets out plans to establish legal standards and governance body to bolster integrity of CO2 offsets, but environmental campaigners remain unconvinced

clock 08 July 2021 • 5 min read

Offsets

Global banks plot voluntary carbon market platform to boost offset transparency

NatWest, CIBC, ITAÚ and National Australia Bank join forces to launch Project Carbon marketplace next month

clock 08 July 2021 • 3 min read

Carbon Trading

Research: Carbon offset prices set for ten-fold increase by 2030

Current carbon credit prices are 'unsustainably low' but could surge to $50 per tonne of CO2 by the end of decade as corporate demand surges, new research indicates

clock 07 June 2021 • 4 min read

Offsets

Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets launches market governance consultation

Major new consultation to seek feedback on proposals for new market governance body, legal principles, and measures to ensure carbon credit integrity

clock 21 May 2021 • 3 min read

Offsets

ClimateCare and Natural Capital Partners announce voluntary carbon market merger

Private equity backed deal brings together leading players in carbon market to tap into growing demand for certified offset projects

clock 05 May 2021 • 3 min read

Offsets

'This is putting companies on the hook': Can Mark Carney help build a credible carbon offset market?

Taskforce on Scaling Voluntary Carbon Markets unveils recommendations on how to scale up investment in emission reduction programmes, but environmental campaigners remain unimpressed

clock 28 January 2021 • 9 min read

Offsets

Mark Carney's carbon market plan puts polluters above the planet

Former Bank of England Governor's plan to establish a $100bn-a-year global market for CO2 offsets contains three major flaws that urgently need addressing, argues Greenpeace UK's John Sauven

clock 25 January 2021 • 3 min read