Africa > FEATURE: Voluntary carbon market lacks mechanism to purge disreputable actors

FEATURE: Voluntary carbon market lacks mechanism to purge disreputable actors

Published 16:28 on August 28, 2024  /  Last updated at 16:43 on August 28, 2024  / /  Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, EMEA, International, Nature-based, South & Central, Voluntary

Voluntary carbon market (VCM) institutions, ranging from registries to ratings agencies and insurers, are often unable to weed out bad actors in repeated infringements with industry standards, lacking consistent policies or criteria to do so, market players told Carbon Pulse.
Voluntary carbon market (VCM) institutions, ranging from registries to ratings agencies and insurers, are often unable to weed out bad actors in repeated infringements with industry standards, lacking consistent policies or criteria to do so, market players told Carbon Pulse.


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