Why Corporate Carbon Credits Are Getting Cheaper

Episode 56: Carbon credit prices have fallen more than 30 percent this year, and Lucas and Luna dig into why. The culprit isn't a lack of demand — it's a flood of supply from new methodologies and a credibility crisis in the voluntary market. Lucas walks through the specific numbers: the average price per ton has dropped from $15 to below $10, while issuance of new credits hit a record 350 million tons in Q1 2026. He explains how the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market's Core Carbon Principles are creating a two-tier market — high-integrity credits holding value, while others trade near zero. Luna pushes back on whether the whole mechanism is broken, citing a new study from the University of Zurich that found 60 percent of forestry credits overstate their impact. The conversation lands on a practical takeaway: for companies still buying, the smart money is shifting toward removals over avoided emissions, and toward credits that carry the new IC-VCM stamp. #CarbonCredits #VoluntaryCarbonMarket #ICVCM #CarbonPricing #ClimateEconomics #Sustainability #NetZero #CarbonOffsets #ForestryCredits #CarbonRemoval #UniversityOfZurich #GlobalCarbon #GreenPolicy #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #ClimatePodcast #CarbonMarkets Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo