# Why Corporate Carbon Credits Are Getting Cheaper

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Podcast: [Climate Economics with Fexingo: Carbon Pricing, Green Policy, and Sustainability Costs](https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-economics-with-fexingo-carbon-pricing-green-policy-and-sustainability-costs-7871781)
Published: 2026-06-17T06:51:08+00:00
Episode link: https://audio.fexingo.com/business/climate-economics/episode-0056.mp3
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Duration seconds: 450

## Resource

Episode 56: Carbon credit prices have fallen more than 30 percent this year, and Lucas and Luna dig into why. The culprit isn't a lack of demand — it's a flood of supply from new methodologies and a credibility crisis in the voluntary market. Lucas walks through the specific numbers: the average price per ton has dropped from $15 to below $10, while issuance of new credits hit a record 350 million tons in Q1 2026. He explains how the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market's Core Carbon Principles are creating a two-tier market — high-integrity credits holding value, while others trade near zero. Luna pushes back on whether the whole mechanism is broken, citing a new study from the University of Zurich that found 60 percent of forestry credits overstate their impact. The conversation lands on a practical takeaway: for companies still buying, the smart money is shifting toward removals over avoided emissions, and toward credits that carry the new IC-VCM stamp. #CarbonCredits #VoluntaryCarbonMarket #ICVCM #CarbonPricing #ClimateEconomics #Sustainability #NetZero #CarbonOffsets #ForestryCredits #CarbonRemoval #UniversityOfZurich #GlobalCarbon #GreenPolicy #Economics #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #ClimatePodcast #CarbonMarkets Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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