An Emissions Trading System (ETS) is a market-based approach to reducing GHG emissions. It sets a limit on total emissions for covered industrial installations. This limit reduces over time so that total emissions are reduced. The ETS allows for the trading of allowances by installations, creating flexiblility for how operators can meet their obligations.
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24 July 2025
The Voluntary Carbon Market. Describes a market where project-based carbon credits are traded voluntarily and outside the scope of any national law (and regulation).
17 July 2025
Vietnam’s national carbon market is set to move forward in 2025 with the start of a pilot phase, highlighting progress in a fast-developing regional carbon markets hub in Southeast Asia that also...
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Carbon leakage refers to the unintended migration of carbon-emitting activities away from a jurisdiction that restricts CO2 emissions, and towards a jurisdiction where no such restrictions exist. For example, Europe's Emissions Trading System imposes a cost of CO2...
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