Latin America: The potential for the voluntary carbon market

Published 8 February 2023

Home to the largest rainforest in the world, Latin America owns a huge biological asset but, at present, it only participates in 20% of the Voluntary Carbon Market. Discussing the potential of the market across Latin America, Kristina Díaz Paterson, project sourcing lead Americas, says:

“Latin America has brilliant potential to be involved in the Voluntary Carbon Market, with several categories available for developing projects including, nature, health, and sustainable infrastructure-based solutions. And, as global demand rises, the potential of projects from Latin America to be included on the global platform is massive.”

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Carbon Finance in Latin America

Kristina Díaz Paterson, project sourcing lead Americas, discusses the potential of the market across Latin America.

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