Master-Thesis: Assessing Credibility in the Voluntary Carbon Market?
Tim Ziegler, fulfilment of the Master of Science in Environmental Management and Policy Lund, Sweden
Voluntary carbon markets (VCM) have grown significantly over the past years. However, the VCM is facing a ‘credibility crisis’ due to governance, technical, and market issues. Notably, despite the significant role of credibility in the VCM, a lack of systematic assessment frameworks in this area is discerned. To address this knowledge gap, this thesis set out to build, test and evaluate a framework for assessing the credibility of international standard-setting (ISS).