(Bloomberg) — Data fraud, questionable accounting practices and intensified catastrophes are just some of the issues that have battered the voluntary carbon market.
Those misfortunes have helped spur a new line of business: Insurance policies designed to de-risk credits that polluters buy to neutralize their climate impact. Whether insurance can help stabilize an industry under heavy scrutiny remains to be seen, though.
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