UK peatland and woodland carbon prices continue to increase in 2025

UK peatland and woodland carbon prices continue to increase in 2025

Peatland landscape near Loch Katrine, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park. Credit: Ian McKee / NatureScot Peatland ACTION.

Great news for the UK nature markets sector. The latest Ecosystem Marketplace data shows that reported prices for both Woodland Carbon Code and Peatland Code units continued to rise in 2025, highlighting sustained demand for high-integrity, UK-based carbon credits.

Ecosystem Marketplace has released updated carbon credit pricing data for 2025. This shows the price reported for Woodland Carbon Code and Peatland Code units continues to rise.

The average price reported for Peatland Code units has increased to £39.57 in 2025, up from £25.04 in 2024. The range of prices has increased with a spread of approximately £75 between the lowest and highest price, compared to £7.50 last year.

The average price reported for Woodland Carbon Code units has increased to £28.32 in 2025, up from £26.85 in 2024. The range of prices also increased with a spread of £112.50 between the lowest and highest price, compared to £62 last year.

For both woodland and peatland projects, the volume of transactions reported was lower than last year. For woodlands, 173,722 credit sales were reported compared to 277,815 the previous year. For peatlands 28,679 were reported compared to 187,291 last year.

You can read more about on our Carbon Price Index webpage and sign up for our webinar taking place on Thursday 10th September at 14:00pm UK woodland and peatland carbon prices

We are grateful to all the project developers and retail aggregators who shared their data this year and we encourage others to support this important work next year. 

Market participants can report their pricing data anonymously through Ecosystem Marketplace’s Global Carbon Markets Hub

To share your data, log into your Global Carbon Markets Hub account or email hub@ecosystemmarketplace.com to get set up.