How it works
Emissions Trading
Emissions trading (also known as cap and trade) is a market-based approach used to control pollution by providing financial incentives for achieving reductions in the emissions of pollutants • Read More
Clean Development Mechanism
The Clean Development Mechanism is when a project undertaken in a developing country generates reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, contributes to the host country’s sustainable development, and accrues emission reduction credits • Read More
EU ETS
The European Union Emission Trading System (EU ETS) is the largest multi-national, emissions trading scheme in the world, and is a major pillar of EU climate policy. The ETS currently covers more than 10,000 installations with a net heat excess of 20 MW in the energy and industrial sectors which are collectively responsible for close to half of the EU's emissions of CO2 and 40% of its total greenhouse gas emissions • Read More
Types of Projects
The following project types generate carbon credits • Read More
