With new project AVOIDED, Spanish artist Josep Piñol certifies the avoidance of his work and exposes the shortcomings of the voluntary carbon market as a climate compensation mechanism. —In a gesture unprecedented in the art world, the artist Josep Piñol formally enacted the “avoidance” of his large-scale sculpture designed to function as a direct air capture. By halting the project planned for the Amazon, he prevented the emission of 57,765 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2e), registered as certified carbon credits with an estimated value of $1.7 million. The carbon footprint calculation was validated by Art Carbon Avoidance LLC (ACA), a new standard created to certify the environmental impact avoided by canceling artistic and cultural projects. Based on this, the avoided carbon emissions were certified, enabling the issuance of Cultural Degrowth Credits (CDC) under internationally recognized methodologies.