Africa > CARBON FORWARD 2022: FEATURE – Where are the buyers? Missing demand for voluntary offsets befuddles market stakeholders

CARBON FORWARD 2022: FEATURE – Where are the buyers? Missing demand for voluntary offsets befuddles market stakeholders

Published 02:55 on October 15, 2022  /  Last updated at 12:10 on October 16, 2022  / Katherine Monahan /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Canada, China, EMEA, International, Japan, Mexico, Middle East, Nature-based, New Zealand, Other APAC, South & Central, South Korea, Switzerland, US, Voluntary

Conversations around missing demand echoed in the hallways of London's Royal Institution on Friday, the final day of this year's Carbon Forward conference, where navel-gazing voluntary carbon market participants opined over the myriad of possible reasons, which included a souring global economy, the increased reputational risk linked to using offsets, and confusion and frustration over a reforming process meant to make the market less confusing and frustrating.
Conversations around missing demand echoed in the hallways of London's Royal Institution on Friday, the final day of this year's Carbon Forward conference, where navel-gazing voluntary carbon market participants opined over the myriad of possible reasons, which included a souring global economy, the increased reputational risk linked to using offsets, and confusion and frustration over a reforming process meant to make the market less confusing and frustrating.


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