How Are Carbon Credits Issued?

It’s not clear to many how carbon credits come into existence. They don’t just ‘pop up’ in the way central banks increase the currency supply.

The CCUS Process

Technology and nature-based carbon capture are two approaches that are viable and crucial tools needed to stabilise atmospheric concentrations of CO2.

Carbon Market Convergence

This graphic shows the indicative flow of project-based carbon credits to various end-use sources of demand. In the past, most credits were used by companies for corporate…

The Paris Agreement: Main Components

The Paris Agreement is not yet sufficient to address the threat of climate change, and global greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, threatening more severe and disruptive weather including storms, flooding, heatwaves and droughts.

How the EU ETS Works

This graphic illustrates how carbon trading actually works under the EU Emissions Trading System. Company B’s emissions are above its free allocation, meaning it doesn’t have enough allowances to comply with the system…

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