A social carbon value of €875 per tonne makes climate damage visible in cost-benefit analysis and investment decisions. In the Carbon sequestration market exploration, New Economy uses this value to compare emission reduction and carbon sequestration with direct financial costs.
This shows that avoiding emissions, storing carbon in soil, biomass and materials, and creating long-term value weigh much more heavily than low compensation prices suggest. For policymakers, clients and companies, this insight is useful in social cost-benefit analysis, climate plans and investment choices. The price is not a licence to offset emissions, but a decision tool: first avoid and reduce, then use high-quality sequestration where it also creates value for soil, biodiversity, construction, agriculture and the living environment.