carbon markets

This report categorises emerging corruption and integrity risks to the low-carbon transition, offering recommendations on how to tackle them. Read more

This working paper aims to shed light on the practical issues involved in policing carbon markets, such as new regulators with narrow authority and lack of legal precedent. Read more

The authors of this paper propose and elaborate an alternative approach to address carbon leakage by design, based on a new conceptual framework for understanding leakage in nature-based interventions. Read more

Long read on whether carbon markets can accelerate progress towards net zero. FT, 15 June 2023 Read more

In this guest commentary, Ely Sandler and Rob Macquarie describe how a novel use of Article 6 of the Paris... Read more

To help nature-based offsets reach their potential for climate change mitigation, this working paper proposes an alternative approach to managing the issue of market leakage. Read more

Linking compliance schemes to voluntary demand and supply could undermine integrity in India's new carbon market. This commentary suggests how to overcome these issues to encourage effective decarbonisation. Read more

In light of the new standards for carbon removal techniques launched at COP27, Josh Burke outlines the risks of treating carbon removals as a homogenous group and the implications for reaching net zero. Read more

This submission to the UK ETS Authority consultation on ‘Developing the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)’ provides evidence on implementing a net zero consistent ETS cap, Free Allocation policy, the expansion of the UK ETS to additional sectors, and incorporating greenhouse gas removal into the scheme. Read more

The authors of this paper identify three risks associated with using carbon markets as the sole, or main, policy lever to encourage the deployment of greenhouse gas removal (GGR) techniques. Read more