Carbon markets: what the headline prices leave out
A single carbon price hides wide differences in quality, permanence and verification.
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Carbon credit prices are often quoted as a single number, but credits differ widely in quality, permanence and verification. A low headline price can hide projects whose benefits are hard to prove.
Our approach starts with the project rather than the price: how the baseline was set, who verifies outcomes, and what happens if the project underdelivers.
Credible measurement is what allows impact and financial value to reinforce each other.