Green trading
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Green trading encompasses all forms of environmental
negawatts). All these emerging and established environmental financial markets have one thing in common, which is making profits in the emerging emissions offset economy by investing in "clean technology
".
Green Trading claims to accelerate change to a cleaner
incentives
whose application is global. Some examples, such as the carbon market or market for SO2 suggests that market-based systems are more likely environmentally effective because market systems will direct abatement to relatively larger and more heavily utilized
sources with relatively high emission intensities. .[1]
Many current projects to advance
environmental impact. Bad energy practices that they cannot eliminate, they may offset; knowing that they are funding projects that are actively developing cleaner energy practices and increasing energy efficiency
for the future.
In November 2008, in a unique partnership initiated by Verus Carbon Neutral, 17 businesses of Atlanta's
carbon-neutral zone in the United States. Their efforts now fund the Valley Wood Carbon Sequestration Project, the first such project to be verified through the Chicago Climate Exchange.[2][3]
See also
References
- ^ Ellerman, Denny (October 2003). "Are cap-and-trade programs more environmentally effective than conventional regulation?" (PDF). Moving to Markets in Environmental Regulation: Lessons from Twenty Years of Experience. Retrieved 26 Oct 2014.
- ^ Jay, Kate (November 14, 2008), "First Carbon Neutral Zone Created in the United States", Reuters, archived from the original on September 7, 2009
- ^ Auchmutey, Jim (January 26, 2009), "Trying on carbon-neutral trend", Atlanta Journal-Constitution