National Climate Policies: Reducing Emissions that Cap-and-Trade Systems Have Not Reached
The following article detailing National Climate Policies in relation to cap-and-trade systems is supported by ClearBlue Markets.
What Are the Differences Between Carbon Offset & Compliance Markets?
Voluntary carbon offsets and legally binding carbon compliance markets both involve putting a price tag on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
What Are Carbon Removals?
Carbon removals are activities that remove carbon emissions (carbon dioxide) from the atmosphere and store them away (in rocks, underground or in vegetation) so that they no longer form part of our atmosphere.
What Are the Markets for Carbon Credits?
In the main, carbon credits represent a voluntary commitment to offset emissions from one source by purchasing and retiring a carbon credit that represents carbon saved elsewhere.
How Do Compliance Carbon Markets Work?
Carbon trading is a hot topic – businesses are crowding into the space looking to develop trading capabilities in the various carbon markets that exist around the world.
What Are the Common Criticisms of Offsets?
The world of carbon offsetting has come under attack from many sides, with some critics describing the voluntary carbon market as nothing more than ‘greenwashing.’
What Are Carbon Credits? Credits VS. Allowances
What’s the difference between a carbon offset credit and a carbon allowance? Quite a lot, as it happens. Here’s an easy explainer to help understand the core differences between these important assets.
Why Do We Have Carbon Markets?
Carbon markets can broadly be broken down into two distinct types: compliance and voluntary. Compliance markets establish an absolute limit on how much carbon dioxide can be emitted into the atmosphere by all the entities covered by the market system.
What Kind of Carbon Markets Are There?
Carbon markets can broadly be broken down into two distinct types: compliance and voluntary. Compliance markets establish an absolute limit on how much carbon dioxide can be emitted into the atmosphere by all the entities covered by the market system.
