S4 E8: Anton Root on the State of the Voluntary Carbon Market

<p><strong>Season 4, Episode 8: Anton Root on the State of the Voluntary Carbon Market</strong></p><p>In this episode, <a href="">Jay</a> sits down with <a href="">Anton Root</a>, Co-Founder &amp; Head of Research at <a href="">AlliedOffsets</a>, to read the state of the voluntary carbon market straight from the data, tracking projects across nearly 40 registries.</p><p>Anton digs into why the weighted-average price of credits has quietly doubled in the last couple of years, why the integrity push is starting to show up in the numbers with CCP-tagged issuances in the first half of 2026 nearly matching all of 2024, and how the CDR market is consolidating now that sellers outnumber buyers. </p><p>He also gets into the oversupply problem the market largely isn’t talking about and explains that Asia just overtook Europe as the biggest source of new credit demand.</p><p>Anton and his team see the entire market. If there&#39;s a number moving in this market, they&#39;re the ones counting it. </p><p>Give this ep a listen!</p><p><strong>Resources:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>LinkedIn - Anton Root:</strong> <a href="">https://uk.linkedin.com/in/anton-root</a></li><li><strong>AlliedOffsets:</strong> <a href="">https://alliedoffsets.com/</a></li></ul><p>--</p><p><u><strong>About:</strong></u></p><p><u></u><a href="">Untangling Climate Finance⁠</a> explores the dynamic field of climate change finance through conversations with industry experts about topics including climate solutions, global carbon markets, carbon projects, novel technologies, and much more.</p><p>If you have any questions, comments, a future guest recommendation, or are interested in joining Jay for an episode, please shoot him a message at: ⁠jtipton@gordianknotstrategies.com⁠</p><p><u><strong>Credits:</strong></u></p><p>The podcast is produced by ⁠⁠<a href="">Gordian Knot Strategies⁠⁠</a>.</p><p>It is written, narrated, and edited by ⁠⁠<a href="">Jay Tipton⁠⁠</a>.</p><p>Music is by ⁠⁠<a href="">Diamond_Tunes⁠</a>. </p>