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Research - 2026

Carbon removal credits sell for anywhere between $1 and $1,000 per tonne. The gap largely reflects how long the carbon stays stored and how certain that storage is, but buyers cannot easily tell how much risk they avoid by paying more. The authors to this paper adapt Value at Risk, a standard measure from finance, to create Carbon at Risk (CaR). Read more

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