The study found that by
investing carbon funds in energy efficiency and renewable energy programs, the states achieved $ 3 — 4 savings for every dollar invested.
These activities include direct low carbon investments, the creation of
low carbon funds, company engagement, and reducing exposure to fossil fuel and carbon intensive companies.
October 19, 2012 October 19 event celebrates school wind energy projects, built
with carbon funding from CLIF Bar, AVEDA, Ben & Jerry's, and REVERB Today, Northwestern School Corporation, NativeEnergy, and Performance Services (PSI) are celebrating the installation of a 900kW wind turbine on the Northwestern High School campus.
We aim to share our experiences of implementing climate finance projects at the grassroots, for example in our report from 2011 we looked at what impacts
forest carbon funding has had on communities and forests in Kenya.
He chaired Natsource's policy and public affairs committee and was responsible for
new carbon fund development.
Carbon finance will likely lead to new public - private partnerships that
leverage carbon funds with government restoration dollars to stimulate investment into wetland projects.
«It's a very, very risky market and one that few people understand well, including people who are in it,» says Ken Newcombe, who ran the World
Bank carbon fund and then oversaw carbon trading at Goldman Sachs.
A key finding in the report involved the comparison of the RGGI state costs and savings from
their carbon fund investments:
Today, the World Bank is Trustee of 15
carbon funds and facilities, and the Carbon Finance Unit is supporting more than 140 projects in 50 + countries.
When did the first funds go into
the carbon fund?
Professor Newman says this would create a $ 3.5 billion
carbon fund each year which would be used for projects to offset emissions.