June 3, 2021 You are here: Home / World Economic Forum / How to save the world’s forests with carbon credits How to save the world’s forests with carbon credits (Credit: Unsplash) This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: David Antonioli, Chief Executive Officer, Verra The Verified Carbon Standard can unlock the power of carbon credits to halt deforestation. By the end of last year, 185 million carbon credits had been issued under this programme for forest preservation. Now we need to scale this up – and that will require investment from the public and private sectors.