The State and Trends in the voluntary Carbon Market.pptVIP

EU ETS Volume * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The State and Trends in the Voluntary Carbon Market Dan Barry, Arreon Carbon November 19, 2007 dan.barry@ Voluntary Market The voluntary market is the trading of carbon credits outside of compliance schemes (i.e. Kyoto’s CDM, EU ETS etc.) Desire to participate in the absence of a formal framework Voluntary Market at A Glance Demand generally fueled by; CSR, voluntarily reducing carbon footprints, or preemption of a compliance market Based almost exclusively on project-based credits No umbrella regulator Many standards Higher quality st