*Excludes retirements made for use in cryptocurrency schemes. **Excludes five MtCOâ‚‚e of energy efficiency credits that were retired from the market by the registry Verra due to past fraudulent over-issue by the developer C-Quest Capital.
Companies around the world retired a total of *** million carbon offsets in 2024. Although this was the same figure as the previous year, annual retirements have grown more than *** since 2016. One carbon offset or credit represents *** metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCOâ‚‚e).
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