Carbon credit | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-17

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_credit


00:02:17 1 Definitions
00:03:13 2 Types
00:03:34 3 Background
00:05:42 3.1 Emission allowances
00:08:26 3.2 Kyoto's 'Flexible mechanisms'
00:11:03 3.3 Emission markets
00:13:55 3.4 Setting a market price for carbon
00:18:55 4 How buying carbon credits can reduce emissions
00:21:41 4.1 Credits versus taxes
00:25:02 5 Creating carbon credits
00:26:38 5.1 Additionality and its importance
00:28:03 5.2 Criticisms
00:32:29 6 Fraud allegation



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A carbon credit is a  generic term for any tradable certificate or permit representing the right to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide or the equivalent amount of a different greenhouse gas (tCO2e).Carbon credits and carbon markets are a component of national and international attempts to mitigate the growth in concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs). One carbon credit is equal to one tonne of carbon dioxide, or in some markets, carbon dioxide equivalent gases. Carbon trading is an application of an emissions trading approach.  Greenhouse gas emissions are capped and then markets are used to allocate the emissions among the group of regulated sources.
The goal is to allow market mechanisms to drive industrial and commercial processes in the direction of low emissions or less carbon intensive approaches than those used when there is no cost to emitting carbon dioxide and other GHGs into the atmosphere. Since GHG mitigation projects generate credits, this approach can be used to finance carbon reduction schemes between trading partners and around the world.
There are also many companies that sell carbon credits to commercial and individual customers who are interested in lowering their carbon footprint on a voluntary basis. These carbon offsetters purchase the credits from an investment fund or a carbon development company that has aggregated the credits from individual projects.  Buyers and sellers can also use an exchange platform to trade, which is like a stock exchange for carbon credits.  The quality of the credits is based in part on the validation process and sophistication of the fund or development company that acted as the sponsor to the carbon project. This is reflected in their price; voluntary units typically have less value than the units sold through the rigorously validated Clean Development Mechanism.