State of the Voluntary Carbon Market, 2026

How can we ensure carbon markets work for people and planet? It starts with building confidence in the quality of carbon credits.

Calyx Global and ClearBlue Markets’ third annual State of the Voluntary Carbon Market report tracks trends in carbon credit quality and pricing and makes recommendations to improve the market.

In this report, you can find:

• The good news and bad news for carbon market watchers
• Year-over-year analysis of carbon credit quality and pricing, and trends for nature, energy, household, and super pollutant projects
• What to look for in 2026
• Five recommendations to improve the market overall

Watch the recording from our January 28 webinar, featuring experts from across the voluntary carbon market

Read this year’s report.