Developing Sustainable Carbon Credits and
Managing Risk
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Landfill and human waste projects capture methane gas from landfills and septic tanks and distribute it for use as community fuel or destroy it. Methane has 25 times more impact on temperature than carbon dioxide.
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Forestry projects prevent carbon dioxide emissions and protect local communities by incentivizing avoided deforestation and reforestation of degraded land.
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Livestock projects prevent emissions of methane gas from processing livestock outputs or changing livestock inputs. These include dairy farming, swine farming and poultry farming. Improved waste management at the site is an added benefit.
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Bioenergy projects create electricity from growing and combusting biological materials. This replaces fossil fuels, such as coal and fuel oil, and prevents carbon dioxide emissions.
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Renewable energy projects create renewable energy for local communities and avoid use of fossil fuels. Renewable projects are much more economical to create in developing countries.
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Microcredit projects create partnerships with microfinance institutions to finance and distribute household clean energy products. These products prevent use of wood, coal, and fuel oil.
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| August 1, 2010 |
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| EU Allowances: |
| € 13.58
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| Secondary CER: |
| € 11.83
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Source:
European Climate Exchange
Resources
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Climate Change Introduction
The International Framework and the Carbon Markets. |
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Carbon Marketracker
An unbiased overview of the global carbon market distributed bi-weekly. |
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Cap and Trade vs. Carbon Tax
An overview of Cap and Trade vs. Carbon Tax. |
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Carbon Concepts Simplified
This short video lucidly explains concepts such as carbon financing,
carbon offsetting and carbon credits trading. |
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