Members of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) identified public perception and negative press coverage as the biggest challenges facing the voluntary carbon market (VCM) in 2023. The quality of carbon credits was the next biggest challenge facing the VCM, with respondents raising concerns about the need for clear rules on which credits are eligible for corporate entities to use.
The most important challenges identified to scale up the voluntary carbon market (VCM) worldwide in 2023
The question was originally phrased as "What are the two most important challenges facing voluntary carbon markets in the next 12 months?"
* Survey participants were given the freedom to select which sections and topics they answered, and therefore some statistics are based on samples smaller than 187. Survey respondents represent several sectors, including finance and investment, power producers/utilities, and oil and gas.
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