carbon credits

A carbon credit is valued as one ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) and is a value set against the offset of greenhouse gas emissions. The international community has set this up in an attempt to mitigate the growth of emissions. The hope is that industrial and commercial processes will be driven in the direction of change and ultimately reduction in all processes that involve the use of greenhouse gases.

Carbon credits are obtained from clean development mechanism (CDM) projects and have to be verified by an independent body, which will assess the amounts of carbon credits that can be sold or traded on the carbon exchanges.

Companies who are then green will financially gain and larger companies will pay or offset their excess carbon emissions.

Carbon offsets daily is one of several blogs following the progress of this market.

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