Americas > ANALYSIS: Do offset registry revenue models offer perverse incentives to over-credit?

ANALYSIS: Do offset registry revenue models offer perverse incentives to over-credit?

Published 17:03 on March 20, 2023  /  Last updated at 14:17 on March 21, 2023  / Joan Pinto /  Americas, International, Nature-based, US, Voluntary

Recent allegations of widespread over-crediting in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) have raised questions of whether the dominant revenue model of offset standards bodies financially incentivises those involved to maximise issuance while compromising integrity.
Recent allegations of widespread over-crediting in the voluntary carbon market (VCM) have raised questions of whether the dominant revenue model of offset standards bodies financially incentivises those involved to maximise issuance while compromising integrity.


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