World’s largest carbon projects unlikely to deliver emissions cuts despite reforms

So far, carbon markets have not led to a promised decrease in planet-heating emissions – and efforts to tighten standards have yet to prove their worth
carbon markets
Civil society protests against the use of carbon markets to fight climate change in Baku, Azerbaijan, on November 14 2024 (Photo by IISD/ENB | Mike Muzurakis)

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