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FEATURE: ‘Avoided’ emissions confusion hangs over international carbon markets

Published 12:56 on January 28, 2025 / Last updated at 12:56 on January 28, 2025 / / Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA (Europe), Insights (Features), International (Paris Article 6/PACM), Nature-based Carbon (Forestry), Net Zero Transition (Industrial Decarbonisation), Voluntary (VCM Governance)

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Competing understandings of ‘avoided’ emissions have proliferated across international carbon markets and the greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting landscape, perpetuating confusion over the term while sending mixed signals to prospective buyers of credits.
Competing understandings of ‘avoided’ emissions have proliferated across international carbon markets and the greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting landscape, perpetuating confusion over the term while sending mixed signals to prospective buyers of credits.


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