although emissions trading between industrialised countries to meet reduction targets will officially begin only when the Kyoto Protocol comes into force, private companies in countries like the uk , Denmark, France and Norway are already engaging in such trading. The latest addition to this list is the us . As many as 25 organisations from energy, industrial, farm and forest sector have agreed to participate in the first us voluntary pilot programme to domestically trade in greenhouse gas ( ghg ) emissions.
The programme, called Chicago Climate Exchange ( ccx ), follows a feasibility study
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