Voluntary Carbon Markets: “Size of a Mouse…Roar of a Lion”

According to a pretty interesting report, released on June 14th, written as a collective by several industry participants…the voluntary carbon trading market, is making an impact, despite shrinking in 2009.

Below is a graph, from the report, of the transaction volume.

Voluntary Carbon Transactions

Voluntary Carbon Transactions

Although I’m slightly torn, as I’m new to the discussion, I am a supporter of these transactions…I see great innovation coming from the price discovery they will hopefully drive.

I hope we see record volumes in 2010. It’s motivating.