This report discusses the role of the voluntary carbon offset market and provides an overview and guide to the most important currently available voluntary carbon offset standards using the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a benchmark. Carbon offset markets have been promoted as an important part of the solution to the climate crisis because of their economic and environmental efficiency and their potential to deliver sustainability co-benefits through technology transfer and capacity building.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/making-sense-voluntary-carbon-market-comparison-carbon-offset-standards-0
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/clifford-polycarp
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/anja-kollmuss
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/helge-zink
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/wwf-international
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/afforestation
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy-efficiency
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/renewable-energy
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-offset
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/clean-development-mechanism-cdm
