Sentences with phrase «take voluntary carbon»

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NGOs, World Bank look to «blue» portfolios Although Siikamäki's study ties successful conservation to the price of offsets in mandatory and voluntary carbon markets, the researchers also took into account other benefits unrelated to carbon, like maintaining species diversity.

That year, half a billion dollars» worth of carbon credit transactions took place in the voluntary carbon market, according to Ecosystem Marketplace's 2013 State of Voluntary Carbon Markets Report.

All of these voluntary actions that we can take that save us money, make us healthier, and they lower our carbon footprint.

Virtually all of the activity documented in the report took place in the voluntary markets, while most media coverage of carbon trading has focused on the European Union's top - down Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) that was initiated to handle credits and offsets generated under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Two companion mini-reports take a closer look at two aspects of the voluntary carbon market.

19 November 2014 After a long courtship, the most popular carbon standard and the leading co-benefits standard on the voluntary carbon market have taken their relationship to the next level: The Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) will now manage the day - to - day operations of the Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) Standards.

Take carbon prices on the voluntary Chicago Climate Exchange during the 2008 financial crisis, said Nicolas Kosoy, an ecological economist at McGill University in Montreal.

Yesterday, we released our annual survey of the voluntary carbon markets, which takes stock of what individuals, corporations, and governments have been doing to offset their greenhouse - gas emissions until the Paris Agreement takes effect — which could happen as early as next year.

However, there is a disconnect between where science says we need to be and how far the Paris Agreement will take us, and the voluntary carbon market is crucial in bridging the gap on the global goal of a 2 °C limit.

This recent article in GreenBiz sets out how voluntary carbon offsetting is an essential part of the equation in helping companies meet their carbon management targets, and take full responsibility for their carbon emissions.