ICVCM expert views voluntary carbon market oversight not purview of CFTC

Published 04:44 on October 2, 2023  /  Last updated at 10:36 on October 2, 2023  / Joan Pinto /  Aviation/CORSIA, International, Nature-based, Voluntary

The US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) lacks the expertise to create standards for the voluntary carbon market (VCM), a member of the industry’s private sector governance body argued, while some experts were not convinced the Council’s upcoming Core Carbon Principles (CCP) labelled credits will be the silver bullet the sector anticipated.
The US Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) lacks the expertise to create standards for the voluntary carbon market (VCM), a member of the industry’s private sector governance body argued, while some experts were not convinced the Council’s upcoming Core Carbon Principles (CCP) labelled credits will be the silver bullet the sector anticipated.


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