Ifølge er nyt studie er markedet for CO2-kompensation på blot et enkelt år skrumpet 61%. Faldet skyldes øget kritik og mistillid til projekternes effektivitet og ægthed. Mange projekter leverer ikke de lovede CO2-reduktioner, hvilket skaber usikkerhed blandt investorer, skriver The Guardian.
Initiativer som Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) introducerer derfor standarder til at certificere brugen af CO2-kreditter og forhindre misbrug.
Stephen Lezak, programleder hos the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment ved University of Oxford, understreger dog vigtigheden ved et troværdigt system for CO2-handel:
“The current market for carbon offsets is a bit like a burning building. We need folks to be firefighters and run toward it, rather than walk away and let it burn to the ground. Limiting global warming to 1.5C simply isn’t feasible without having a functioning market for this sort of climate finance,”
Rene Velasquez, administrerende partner hos rådgivningsfirmaet Valitera, kritiserer studiets metodetilgang:
“As with previous years, their report is incomplete and relies on a survey of market participants to provide confidential trade data,” he said. “The reality is fewer and fewer institutional respondents participate. While I will concede the market retreated, this skews the numbers.”
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