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Lens Carbon: How to navigate carbon offset methodologies

See how global carbon offset projects are tracked, classified, and analysed across markets

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Fernanda Abarzúa

Senior Research Analyst, Carbon

Fernanda’s primary focus lies in the offset market sector.

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The carbon offset market has changed dramatically over the past two decades. What began with the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has grown into a fragmented system with more than 500 methodologies spread across 18 registries worldwide. These methodologies define how carbon offsets are created, verified, and valued, but navigating them is complex.

In this short video, you will see how Lens Carbon helps make sense of that complexity. Using real project data, we walk through how offset methodologies work, why they matter, and how they shape market trends, pricing and carbon offsets quality.

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