In 2023, the volume of carbon offset transactions on the voluntary carbon market fell 56 percent year-on-year, to 111 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. That same year saw the market value of voluntary carbon offsets drops 61 percent.
Annual total voluntary carbon market (VCM) transaction volume worldwide from pre-2005 to 2023
(in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)
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Ecosystem Marketplace. (May 30, 2024). Annual total voluntary carbon market (VCM) transaction volume worldwide from pre-2005 to 2023 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 07, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/501730/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-volume-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace. "Annual total voluntary carbon market (VCM) transaction volume worldwide from pre-2005 to 2023 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. May 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed October 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/501730/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-volume-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace. (2024). Annual total voluntary carbon market (VCM) transaction volume worldwide from pre-2005 to 2023 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 07, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/501730/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-volume-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace. "Annual Total Voluntary Carbon Market (Vcm) Transaction Volume Worldwide from Pre-2005 to 2023 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/501730/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-volume-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace, Annual total voluntary carbon market (VCM) transaction volume worldwide from pre-2005 to 2023 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/501730/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-volume-worldwide/ (last visited October 07, 2024)
Annual total voluntary carbon market (VCM) transaction volume worldwide from pre-2005 to 2023 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Ecosystem Marketplace, May 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/501730/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-volume-worldwide/
