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 [...]
Carbon emissions trading was brought about by the signing of the Kyoto Protocol that was signed by 170 countries in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. This agreement calls on all industrialized countries to bring down the green house gases emitted by their industries and various other sources to levels that are 5.2 percent below those recorded [...]
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 [...]