Learn how carbon markets work, including compliance and voluntary markets, to reduce emissions through carbon credit trading.

The voluntary market for carbon credits is projected to reach nearly $100 billion by 2030 and as much as $250 billion by 2050. Despite its growth, still fall short of the carbon reduction targets ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dianne Plummer is an Energy Consultant and Certified Energy Manager. Carbon credits have become a buzzword in the fight against ...

Carbon credits meant to protect forests may overstate their impact, with projects claiming far more emissions cuts than they ...

Across Maine and eight Appalachian states, small-scale forest landowners are earning income by letting their trees grow and store carbon over time. Bob Libby points to new tree growth on his 1,650 ...

Taylor Swift may not be the first person who comes to mind when you think about climate change. But more than once, the singer has found herself in the middle of a media storm over her carbon di­oxide ...

The European Commission is set to permit countries to use carbon credits and offsets to "outsource a portion of their climate efforts to poorer countries from 2036," said Politico. They will also ...

After a two-year probe, the world’s largest certifier of carbon offsets has determined that most of the credits from a massive forest-protection project in Zimbabwe, which powered green claims of ...

With world leaders set to gather in Brazil for COP30 in November, new analysis from an international team of climate policy experts warns that carbon offsets are creating a critical barrier to ...

The aviation industry is facing a critical challenge: a shortage of airline carbon credits and there’s a very high probability that it’ll result in more expensive airfares. But what is a carbon offset ...

As Georgia’s forestry sector struggles to sell wood for timber or paper products, carbon credits could be an alternative. When you cut a whole tree trunk down into the neat two-by-fours and ...

Washington’s Department of Natural Resources is making a renewed push for legislation that would allow it to sell carbon offset credits created from state timber lands. Under bills proposed in the ...