The global voluntary carbon offset market size shrank 61 percent in 2023. The value of traded carbon credits that year was 723 million U.S. dollars, compared with 1.9 billion U.S. dollars the previous year. As of 2023, the cumulative value of the voluntary carbon market was roughly 10.8 billion U.S. dollars. Many major companies around the world use voluntary carbon offsets as a way of reaching net-zero emissions and achieving their climate goals.
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Ecosystem Marketplace. (May 30, 2024). Annual value of voluntary carbon offset market transactions worldwide from pre-2005 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/501698/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-value-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace. "Annual value of voluntary carbon offset market transactions worldwide from pre-2005 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. May 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/501698/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-value-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace. (2024). Annual value of voluntary carbon offset market transactions worldwide from pre-2005 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/501698/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-value-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace. "Annual Value of Voluntary Carbon Offset Market Transactions Worldwide from Pre-2005 to 2023 (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/501698/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-value-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace, Annual value of voluntary carbon offset market transactions worldwide from pre-2005 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/501698/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-value-worldwide/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Annual value of voluntary carbon offset market transactions worldwide from pre-2005 to 2023 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Ecosystem Marketplace, May 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/501698/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-value-worldwide/