The Problem with Tokenizing Carbon Offset Credits
9 May 2022
Many carbon tokens have been announced seeking to solve the overarching problems of the current carbon markets: complexity, high administrative barriers and lack of a base price for carbon. Uniformly, these tokens look to suppliers of offset credits from emission reduction projects to supply the tons of carbon for their blockchain ledgers. These efforts to rely on pooling of offset credits to provide a base price for carbon are misplaced.
