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Saez-Gil: Carbon credit prices range between $5 and $20 per ton

Diego Saez-Gil · Diego Saez Gil - How Pachama Uses Tech to Solve Climate Change · Y Combinator · Jan 28, 2020 · at 13:50

Diego Saez-Gil, CEO of Pachama, describes prevailing market prices for carbon offset credits in early 2020.

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“Today, you know, prices, prices of carbon credits range between five and 20 dollars.”

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The claim, plainly

As of early 2020, carbon credit prices range between $5 and $20 per ton.

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Assessment

In early 2020, the $5 to $20 per metric ton range accurately reflected median transaction prices, retail offset offerings, and higher-end forestry/land-use credits, but it omitted the substantial bulk of the voluntary carbon market that traded well below $5. According to Ecosystem Marketplace and registry transaction data (AlliedOffsets/WFE), the volume-weighted average price for voluntary carbon credits in 2018-2019 was approximately $2.70 to $3.01 per ton, with large-volume categories like renewable energy credits averaging $1.08 to $1.40 per ton and forestry credits averaging $3.90 to $4.30 per ton. While retail platforms and niche projects routinely charged $10 to $25 per ton and the median transaction price was $5.43 per ton, the stated range understated the market's lower bound.

Ecosystem Marketplace State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets reports recorded volume-weighted average voluntary carbon credit prices of $3.01/ton in 2018 and $2.70-$2.80/ton in 2019.
Ecosystem Marketplace reported a 2019 median transaction price of $5.43/ton, with major categories like renewable energy averaging $1.08-$1.40/ton and forestry averaging $3.90-$4.30/ton.
AlliedOffsets / World Federation of Exchanges registry retirement data showed overall average voluntary carbon prices between 2017 and 2021 consistently traded in the $2.00 to $4.00/ton range, while specialized retail providers listed credits up to $25/ton.

Checked against

[1] iatp.org [2] purposeinvest.com [3] rabobank.com [4] climatetrade.com [5] mines.edu [6] escolhas.org [7] un-redd.org [8] scribd.com

S P Global Platts voluntary carbon credit price early 2020 per ton "Financing Emissions Reductions for the Future" "average price" Ecosystem Marketplace "State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2019" "average price" per ton OR /tCO2e "State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2020" "average price" per ton OR /tCO2e OR $/ton "State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2019" price range per ton OR "per tCO2e" "Ecosystem Marketplace" "average price" 2018 2019 2020 voluntary carbon credit $/ton Ecosystem Marketplace State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2020 average price per ton

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