Conversation

A host of different players have crowded into the voluntary carbon trade as its value has grown. Motivated by the potential for profit, a concern for climate change or some combination of the two, these companies and organizations link the credits generated by projects, such as those that fit in the forest conservation scheme known as REDD+, with buyers, often companies and individuals in the Global North looking to compensate for their climate impacts.

By John Cannon
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/cowboys-and-intermediaries-thrive-in-wild-west-of-the-carbon-market/