This statistic displays the annual transaction volume in the voluntary carbon offset market worldwide from 2008 to 2017. In 2017, there were 62.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent voluntary carbon offsets issued, compared to 42.8 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent offsets retired. This voluntary market has prompted project developers to create technological innovations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Ecosystem Marketplace. (July 27, 2018). Annual volume of voluntary carbon offset market transactions worldwide from 2008 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/501730/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-volume-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace. "Annual volume of voluntary carbon offset market transactions worldwide from 2008 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)." Chart. July 27, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/501730/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-volume-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace. (2018). Annual volume of voluntary carbon offset market transactions worldwide from 2008 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/501730/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-volume-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace. "Annual Volume of Voluntary Carbon Offset Market Transactions Worldwide from 2008 to 2017 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Jul 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/501730/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-volume-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace, Annual volume of voluntary carbon offset market transactions worldwide from 2008 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/501730/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-volume-worldwide/ (last visited July 04, 2024)
Annual volume of voluntary carbon offset market transactions worldwide from 2008 to 2017 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent) [Graph], Ecosystem Marketplace, July 27, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/501730/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-volume-worldwide/