With the price of carbon credits increasing from 15 US dollars to 22 US dollars in a period of one calendar year financial experts and investing gurus are of the opinion that now is the right time to purchase carbon credits. The carbon credit market has grown from a 5 billion dollar industry in just [...]
Make no mistake CO2 trading is the business of the future, literally speaking. With so many industries producing this by-product of fossil fuel by the ton every minute it is a wonder so many people are making millions buying and selling carbon. When there is an excess of carbon in the air so much so [...]
Carbon dioxide is the enemy in the process of global warming. Although there are other greenhouse gases that are actively contributing to global warming carbon dioxide is the main culprit which has contributed the most to contribute to this international situation that has assumed proportions that need combined and concerted efforts by every country to [...]
With the carbon credit trading market all set to rule the trading industry in another decade when it reached the one trillion mark, a lot of people will be queued up to trade carbon credits. The demand for carbon credits will hit al all time high with the registries bringing down the capping on carbon [...]
One hundred and seventy countries came together in 1997 to sign an agreement on ways to curtail carbon emissions through out the world. The agreement signed came to be called the Kyoto Protocol. This protocol, through its annexure sets levels of carbon emission in various countries of the world. The Kyoto Protocol sets ‘caps’ or [...]
Believe it or not but emissions trading is the most promising of all financial services. This is one opportunity to be a part of the green revolution by contributing to the reduction of carbon emissions and making money doing it too. Emissions trading, also known as carbon credit trading is something that has most people [...]
It would perhaps be right to say that carbon credits are the wonder commodity on the climate exchanges. Carbon credits can be traded just like any other stock or commodity on the exchange set up for the very purpose. People are reaping the profits of carbon credit trading and skipping all the way to the [...]
A carbon offset can be described as one metric ton of carbon dioxide’s equivalent greenhouse gas or gases. A single carbon offset is one thousand kilos of carbon dioxide or a combination of its equivalent polluting gases being removed from the atmosphere. A carbon offset is written as CO2e. Greenhouse gases are categorized into six [...]