We saw record high issuances in 2018, with 19.5 million emission reductions being issued from 44 different countries: 16.8 million voluntary Verified Emission Reductions (56% increase over 2017) and 2.7 million labelled Certified Emission Reductions for the compliance market.
Growth primarily from wind, cookstove and one large biogas project.
2018 also saw record high voluntary retirements with 9.4 million verified emission reductions retired from our registry – a 19% increase over 2017.
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