Interest and investment in climate change, carbon offsets and the voluntary carbon market has accelerated dramatically.

Volumes in the global voluntary carbon market are doubling every year and consumers are becoming more sophisticated as literature and education of offset quality has increased. Corporate awareness of climate change is driving massive investment into new projects, new technologies, brand awareness and a strong drive to "do the right thing" at a corporate and consumer level. Supply chains are being impacted. Behaviors are changing through consumer awareness and pressure and through the desire to get an edge in a competitive landscape.

Why is the voluntary market important?

Click here to learn why the voluntary market is so important.

Resources

Click here for a beginners guide to the voluntary carbon market (PDF 224 KB).

Click here for the 2010 State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets Report "Building Bridges" (PDF 3MB).

For more information on the role of the voluntary carbon market, a market overview and comparison of voluntary offsetting standards please click here (PDF 1MB).

Voluntary Carbon Markets: An International Business Guide to What They Are and How They Work (Environmental Markets Insight Series) (2nd ed)

Edited by Ricardo Bayon, Amanda Hawn and Katherine Hamilton.