Sentences with phrase «voluntary market»

But there is a wild west of voluntary markets, created outside of the climate convention, that operate under different rules and regulations.

It includes, in addition to internal reductions, a commitment to financing external emission reductions either through buying voluntary market carbon credits or by funding activities directly.

The global carbon trade will have worked through its initial hiccups, and a thriving voluntary market will exist alongside the regulated market.

Writing last year at the online journal Nature Reports Climate Change, a Web site of Nature Publishing Group, an assembly of five scientists and climate experts called the fuzzy notion of additionality the «most vexing» challenge facing the offsets trade — particularly in voluntary markets like those in the United States.

For example, credits on voluntary markets like the Chicago Climate Exchange currently trade at an 80 - 90 percent discount to the European Union's Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS).

Drivers who can't get car insurance on Ohio's voluntary market because of a checkered driving record, poor credit or other factors can apply for coverage through the

With improvement, your insurer options expand and you may find better auto insurance rates in Utah's voluntary market by getting auto insurance quotes on the carriers» websites.

All VVBs for voluntary market projects must be approved by ACR through the process below, and either be ANSI - accredited in the applicable sectoral scope, or be Designated Operational Entities approved under the Clean Development Mechanism or Accredited Independent Entities approved under Joint Implementation.

Further, because REDD is not yet sanctioned under an international framework on climate, credits from avoided deforestation are limited to voluntary markets where they are worth substantially less than carbon credits in compliance markets.

If you use this time to clean up your driving record, you may become eligible for better auto insurance rates in the Indiana voluntary market.

High risk drivers in the Buckeye State who can't find an insurer to cover them in the standard voluntary market can seek an alternative like the Ohio Automobile Insurance Plan (OAIP) that will provide them with auto insurance.

For reasons that have yet to be disclosed, select Hill's Science Diet products have been removed from PetSmart retail locations as a result of a «voluntary market withdrawal.»

«On top of this, you have voluntary markets doing something totally different involving the private sector, and California is doing something in another zone, also in the private sector,» says Kevin Conrad, Papua New Guinea's Special Envoy and Ambassador for Environment & Climate Change and executive director of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations.

However, according to Professor Rosemary Rayfuse, an expert in International Law and the Law of the Sea at the University of New South Wales, Australia, who also attended the Woods Hole meeting, ocean fertilization projects are not currently approved under any carbon credit regulatory scheme and the sale of offsets or credits from ocean fertilization on the unregulated voluntary markets is basically nothing short of fraudulent.

ICROA members sought to improve performance in offering voluntary market services through use of a code of conduct, against which the members are audited annually.

Going on to suggest: «Early indications suggest the smallish voluntary market, and especially Australian - based offset origination activities for the voluntary trade, face significant collateral damage from Australia becoming a Kyoto - capped country, and from the impending introduction of a much bigger compliance market for carbon trading.»

Auto insurance companies in Maine's voluntary market choose to insure drivers who they consider «good risk» for the business, and reject those they consider «bad risk» or «high risk» drivers that would represent losses.

Relevant paid or voluntary market research, marketing or advertising work experience is advantageous.

If successful, this venture has the potential to create for the NSWALC one of the biggest soil carbon banks for future carbon trading on voluntary markets both nationally and internationally.

With you now labeled as a high - risk driver, you may have a hard time finding a company willing to sell you auto insurance in Louisiana in voluntary market.

Drivers who can't get car insurance on Ohio's voluntary market because of a checkered driving record, poor credit or other factors can apply for coverage through the Ohio Automobile Insurance Plan.

Sources in the governments of both California and Acre said they believed there was still room to generate offsets that bring more private - sector finance to the forests of Brazil through California's compliance regime, and that the wording does not impact the viability of voluntary markets.

ACR also operates a robust and secure electronic registry system, powered by APX, for members to register California and voluntary market projects and record the issuance, transfer and retirement of serialized, project - based and independently verified offsets.

High risk drivers, who may struggle to find coverage in the standard voluntary market, can seek an alternative like the Pennsylvania Assigned Risk Plan (PA ARP) that will provide them with auto insurance.

If you're an Oregon homeowner who can't obtain insurance on the voluntary market (regular insurance channels), you can find basic coverage through the Oregon FAIR Plan Association (OFPA).

For those who can't gain homeowners insurance through the voluntary market, the Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) is the market of last resort.

Voluntary / worksite sales in 2016 rose 7 percent to $ 7.63 billion, according to Eastbridge Consulting, a voluntary market tracking firm.

The industry has engaged with the AMA, Governments and regulators around the country informing them of the voluntary marketing and promotion restrictions it has implemented over and above existing legislation.

If you would like to get involved with offsets, both Kollmuss and climate blogger Romm recommend projects certified by the Gold Standard Foundation as the most rigorously vetted ones on the voluntary market.

It shows a total of 65 million tonnes of carbon were traded on the voluntary market in 2007, worth a total of $ 331 million.

Summarizes GAO's prior work examining (1) the challenges in ensuring the quality of carbon offsets in the voluntary market, (2) the effects of and lessons learned from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), an international offset program, and (3) matters that the Congress may wish to consider when developing regulatory programs.

This is a state - funded risk pool designed for people who can not reasonably get insurance on the voluntary market.

Often the coverage from an insurer of last resort is somewhat limited compared to a standard policy, and it may or may not be significantly more expensive than coverage on the voluntary market would be.

That would be if you're looking for renters insurance in a difficult to place area, or you have a large number of claims, or your credit is making it difficult to place the policy on the voluntary market.

Most states have a market of last resort, often called the FAIR Plan, that allows you to get coverage when it's not available on the voluntary market.

That could raise your premiums or even make it difficult to find insurance on the voluntary market.

What happens if you receive several declines on the voluntary market?

There may also be companies in the voluntary market that are a better fit for your scenario.

Few will receive multiple declines for renters insurance on the voluntary market.

As a result, coverage may not match the voluntary market.

The voluntary market serves the majority of people effectively.

The voluntary market is not yet well - regulated.

This leads me to a question for the folks who are at the leading edge of the voluntary markets for personal carbon offsets, which is this: Do you and your company ALSO support the need for either a carbon tax OR (at least) a robust carbon cap combined with a regulated carbon credit trading market?

In the voluntary market, ACR oversees the registration and independent verification of projects that meet ACR Standards and follow ACR approved carbon accounting methodologies, which ensure accuracy, precision and rigor in the measurement, monitoring and verification of emission reductions.

Because of their exclusion from regulatory markets, REDD credits have been limited to the voluntary market, where a handful of projects are generating credits.

Demand for carbon offsets on the voluntary market grew 14 % last year to 87 million offsets, according to Ecosystem Marketplace's Ahead of the Curve: State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets 2015 report, released last week.