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The carbon market, decoded.
A curated library of pricing data, methodologies, policy updates and primary sources behind everything My Tree, My Life builds. Updated as the market moves.
Pricing — 2026 indicative bands
What a carbon credit actually costs.
Voluntary carbon prices are not one number — they are five markets. Bands below reflect spot ranges from public registries and broker indices.
Sources: Verra & Gold Standard registries, Sylvera and BeZero rating bands, MSCI Carbon Markets indices, Ecosystem Marketplace State of the Voluntary Carbon Market 2025. Bands are indicative — bilateral deals on rated, vintage-recent forest credits are clearing materially higher.
Articles & News
What we're reading.
Why high-integrity forest carbon is decoupling from the bulk market
ICVCM Core Carbon Principles and SBTi's Beyond Value Chain Mitigation guidance are pulling premium projects into a separate price tier — often 4–6× the legacy VCS spot.
VM0048: Verra's consolidated REDD methodology, in plain English
Jurisdictional baselines, allocated risk buffers and dynamic crediting periods are reshaping how avoided-deforestation projects are quantified.
The voluntary carbon market is shrinking in volume but growing in value
MSCI Carbon Markets reports a contraction in retired credits but a sharp rise in average price — buyers are concentrating on quality over quantity.
Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: what it means for forest credits
Corresponding adjustments, host-country authorisations and the line between voluntary and compliance credits.
Bolivia's Madidi-Pilón Lajas corridor: one of the planet's last megadiverse forests
Why the southwestern Amazon — where most of our forest assets sit — is the highest-impact carbon-and-biodiversity region on Earth.
ICVCM Core Carbon Principles: the new floor for credit integrity
The 10 CCPs are now the de-facto quality bar for buyers, registries and ratings agencies.
Glossary
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Primary Sources
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Every figure, methodology and claim on this site is anchored to one of the following independent registries, ratings agencies or scientific bodies.
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