The carbon markets are an important bridging tool for sourcing billions of dollars to finance projects to reduce carbon emissions that would not happen otherwise but to ensure the markets work efficiently it’s essential that both supply and demand are of the highest quality. This means that not only do carbon credits have to meet the highest quality standards – in other words those embodied by the Core Carbon Principles of the Integrity Council – but buyers must ensure they are using them as part of their transition to net zero. High integrity carbon markets can be linked to create a global market that will put a price on carbon emissions and drive capital into projects around the world that will support a just transition