Policy and Regulation

Regulating the 'wild west' of voluntary carbon markets

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As the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission held its first-ever meeting on the voluntary carbon markets earlier in June, the heat is up on this growing but unruly space.

The voluntary carbon market’s growth shows little sign of slowing, even after a record-breaking 2021, when total trading activity hit ...

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