CarbonBridge

Market Data & Insights

Market reference figures, compliance milestones and CarbonBridge's compliance guides.

CarbonBridge Price Indices (in development)

Illustrative layout. CarbonBridge will publish indices built from settled marketplace transactions once trading starts. The figures below are placeholders, not market prices.

CB Nature Index

Nature-based credits (ARR, REDD+, IFM, Blue Carbon)

Illustrative
$14.80▲ 1.2%

CB Tech Removal Index

Engineered CDR (Biochar, DACCS, Enhanced Weathering)

Illustrative
$96.50▼ 2.1%

CB Australia Index

Australian-origin credits across all types

Illustrative
$22.30▲ 0.8%

CB MENA Index

Gulf and MENA-origin credits

Illustrative
$18.60▲ 3.4%

CB CORSIA Eligible

Credits eligible for airline compliance

Illustrative
$19.40▲ 1.8%

Illustrative placeholders only: not live or historical prices, and not investment advice.

Market Overview

Published reference figures for the voluntary market (calendar 2024, the latest full-year report) and two compliance thresholds. Source under each figure.

$535M
VCM transaction value (2024)
Ecosystem Marketplace, SOVCM 2025
84 Mt
VCM volume traded (2024)
Ecosystem Marketplace, SOVCM 2025
$6.34/t
VCM average price (2024)
Ecosystem Marketplace, SOVCM 2025
182 Mt
Credits retired (2024)
Ten largest standards, EM SOVCM 2025
0.5 Mt/yr
UAE NRCC threshold
Scope 1 + 2 tCO₂e, mandatory registration
85%
CORSIA baseline
of 2019 emissions, from 2024 (ICAO)

Available Volume by Credit Type

Indicative volumes across the projects shown on the marketplace. Availability and price are confirmed at settlement.

REDD+
3.7M tCO₂e
$14.54
Energy Efficiency
660K tCO₂e
$8.93
Landfill Gas
180K tCO₂e
$8.20
ARR
166K tCO₂e
$22.86
IFM
95K tCO₂e
$16.80
Savanna
82K tCO₂e
$18.90
Soil Carbon
63K tCO₂e
$20.80
Blue Carbon
9K tCO₂e
$42.50
Biochar
5K tCO₂e
$116.50
Avg. price/tCO₂e →

Monthly Retirements (illustrative)

Illustrative layout, not registry data. Placeholder nature-based and technology-based figures in millions of tonnes.

Illustrative
14.5M
Oct
17.0M
Nov
14.9M
Dec
19.0M
Jan
20.7M
Feb
22.4M
Mar
Nature-based Technology-based

Regulatory Timeline

Key compliance and market-integrity milestones.

Jun 2024completed

First ICVCM CCP labels approved

The Integrity Council approved its first seven Core Carbon Principles methodologies, for landfill gas and ozone-depleting-substance destruction (ACR, Climate Action Reserve, and the CDM methodologies ACM0001 and AMS-III.G that Verra and Gold Standard also use), making about 27 million credits eligible for the label. Assessments of further categories continue.

Jan 2026active

EU CBAM definitive period begins

Only authorised CBAM declarants may import CBAM goods: cement, iron and steel, aluminium and fertilisers above the 50-tonne annual de minimis, and electricity and hydrogen in any quantity. Certificate sales open 1 February 2027; the first annual declaration, covering 2026 imports, is due 30 September 2027. Carbon credits cannot be surrendered against CBAM.

May 2026completed

UAE NRCC adjustment period ended

End of the Climate Change Law's one-year adjustment period, not a filing deadline. Entities at or above 500,000 tCO₂e a year must be on the National Register for Carbon Credits; fines under Federal Decree-Law No. 11/2024 run from AED 50,000 to AED 2,000,000 per violation.

Jan 2027upcoming

CORSIA second phase begins

Participation becomes mandatory for all but exempted States. Airlines offset growth above 85% of 2019 emissions with ICAO-eligible, host-country-authorised units; units for the 2024–2026 period must be cancelled by 31 January 2028.

Ongoingactive

VCMI Claims Code of Practice

Voluntary integrity framework for companies making net-zero or carbon-neutral claims; it expects high-integrity (CCP-labelled) credits. A market norm, not a regulatory deadline.

Ongoingactive

SBTi Beyond Value Chain Mitigation guidance

Guidance encouraging companies with validated targets to finance mitigation beyond their value chains, including through high-integrity credits. Not a compliance requirement.

Compliance Guides

Primary-source explainers from CarbonBridge, each with a review date and its sources.