Carbon Offsetting and Trading
Although carbon trading was resisted by environmental groups the various schemes are now (2012) considered a necessary step to encourage a transition within industry towards emission free operation.
It took 3 years for the complex range of schemes and players to develop and for the credits traded to reach 144 billion $US (2009).
I invite you to help me understand the market and record its progress on these pages.
In 2006 the argument against carbon trading was presented as follows
http://www.thecornerhouse.org.uk/pdf/document/carbonDDch4.pdf
Or the July 2006 edition of New Internationalist:
Carbon Offsets - The Facts
http://www.newint.org/themes/environment/climate-change/2006/07/01/carbon-offsets-facts/
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- California, Quebec and Ontario Carbon Market 10/04/15
- China-s Carbon Markets at pilot stage China-s Carbon Markets 26/11/13
- One Third of China's GDP in New Carbon Market 28/11/13
- Cost of Carbon now $43 per ton US Gov Study 24/07/13
- No Rescue for Carbon Markets by EU 17/04/13
- EU Carbon Market Plunges 26/01/13
- EU Addresses weak Carbon Market 08/10/12
- A Trader's Viewof the Market for Voluntary Credits 06/08/12
- Carbon Market Explained 01/11/09
- Indonesia Joins World Bank Forest Scheme 05/03/09
- Poland Proposes ETS cap and floor prices 04/11/08
- EU says beware Carbon Offsets 08/12/08
- Carbon Trading for Forests 13/04/08
- UK leader in Carbon Offset Trading 29/06/08
- Carbon Credit Market Problems 20/04/08
- Sale of Surplus Credits 20/09/08
- Carbon Trading Editorial Sciencemag 2006
- UK Carbon Offset Standards 07/01/07