The Reconstruction of Carbon Outcomes introduces a new framework for addressing the buyers’ paradox in the voluntary carbon market—the persistent trade-off between affordable credits and credible climate impact. The paper explains how this paradox emerges from a structural flaw: the expectation that a single project must both create new climate benefit (additionality) and preserve it for the long term (permanence). By separating these two functions into independent generative and preservative activities, the framework enables lower costs, stronger durability, clearer accountability, and scalable integrity. This new architecture shows how carbon outcomes can be designed for both credibility and affordability, unlocking more efficient carbon markets and more durable climate impact.

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