The Carbon Credit Market: Data Science for Sustainability | Script Data Insights Carbon Credits: Trading Clean Air with Data Turning environmental impact into a tradable asset requires more than a green thumb—it requires a high-fidelity data pipeline. The Problem: The "Greenwashing" Transparency Gap The carbon credit market is currently plagued by trust issues. The "old way" of valuing a carbon credit involves manual forestry surveys and self-reported emissions data. This leads to double-counting and inflated impact claims, commonly known as greenwashing. Without a verifiable, real-time method to track how much CO2 is actually being sequestered, the market remains volatile and inefficient. The Transparency Risk: Many carbon offsets are sold multiple times to different buyers because the ledger is often fragmented across multiple private databases. The So...