Articles and briefings
Articles, briefings and other resources providing summaries, insights, and decision-making tools for industry.

- A glossary of carbon markets
- Guide: An introduction to global carbon markets for farmers & agricultural practitioners
- Guide: Types, motivations & requirements of carbon credit buyers in the UK
- Guide: Carbon credits from agriculture: what to ask before selling credits
- Article: Why are carbon markets developing so slowly? (In SAC Consulting’s Unearthed)
- Article: Agribusiness News: Carbon Markets article
- Briefing: Carbon credit potential on Scottish farms: a factcheck
- Briefing: An introduction to soil carbon, agriculture & future payments
- Briefing: Creating carbon credits through natural capital projects
- Briefing: International context for agricultural carbon markets
- Briefing: Mapping stakeholders, financial flows, and distribution of power in carbon markets
- Infographic: Voluntary carbon market stakeholder mapping
- Presentation: A summary of the current state of agricultural carbon markets – December 2022
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