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Voluntary Carbon Markets |
An International Business Guide to What They Are and How They Work. By the end of 2006 the world carbon market will top $30 billion in transactions and the first carbon billionaire may well have emerged.
HSBC, Volvo, Avis, Ricoh, and American Express are but a few of the thousands of companies now offsetting their CO2 emissions and becoming "carbon neutral", fuelling a massive international voluntary carbon market that is growing exponentially.
This is the only business guide to this "next big thing", with complete coverage of what voluntary carbon markets are, where they are, how they work and how to capitalize--as a buyer or a seller--on a market that has the potential to mirror oil and gas in scale and to slow climate change.
This groundbreaking business book, written in a fast-paced journalistic style, draws together all of the key information on international voluntary carbon markets with commentary from leading practitioners and business people. While maturing quickly, the voluntary market is complex, fragmented, and multi-layered, but it is beginning to consolidate around a few guiding practices and business models from which conclusions can be drawn about market direction and opportunities.
The book covers all aspects of voluntary carbon markets in the US, Europe, Australia, Canada, and Asia: what they are, how they work and, most critically, their business potential to help slow climate change. It is the indispensable guide for anyone seeking to understand voluntary carbon markets and capitalize on the opportunities they present for economic and environmental benefit. If you want to be ahead of the curve for the next big thing, you need this book.
AUTHORS:
- Ricardo Bayon is the Director of Ecosystem Marketplace, the world's leading ecosystem and environmental markets information source.
- Amanda Hawn is Managing Editor of the Ecosystem Marketplace.
- Katherine Hamilton is Head of Carbon Programs at the Ecosystem Marketplace.
CONENTS:
Foreword—Al Gore; Introduction; 1) The Big Picture; 2) Understanding Supply and Demand in the Voluntary Carbon Market; 3) How Does the Voluntary Carbon Market Relate to the US REC Market? 4) The Voluntary Carbon Market: What the Experts Think (Guest Editorials); 5) A Glance into the Future of the Voluntary Carbon Market; Appendices.
This short, timely book, writeen by three principals at the Ecosystem Marketplace, does what it sets out to do: addresses why people should want to invest in carbon markets as a way to counter global climate change and provides guidance on how to do just that.
-- Choice
"Describes a remarkable area of innovation in the fight to control global warming."
-- Al Gore,, former Vice President of the United States
"Until now, information on the state of the vountary carbon market was in a very few hands. This book begins to remedy that situation and I expect that it will be eagerly read by those trying to build a business in this space or trying to understand the role of markets in addressing climate change."
-- Ken Newcombe, Head of Origination, Climate Change Capital
"This book is an essential source of knowledge, information and ideas. Not only is it comprehensive, covering--for the first time anywhere--everthing from renewable energy to the relationship beween the voluntary carbon markets and the regulated carbon markets, but it is also thought-provoking and visionary: taking a cold hard look at where the industry is likely to go."
-- Mark Kenber, Policy Director,, The Climate Group
"The last two years have seen tremendous interest--and growth--in the regulated carbon markets in Europe as a result of the Kyoto Protocol. But until the publication of this book, little had been done on another, equally important part of the carbon market, the voluntary carbon market. This book is required reading for those interested in how business and individuals might enter the carbon market and should be of keen interest to those already involved in them."
-- Richard Burrett, M.D., , Sustainable Development ABN-AMRO
"Business must take a critical look at how they are managing their emissions. This book opens the lid on the ideas and mechanisms behind the market and provides critical, newly published information on a complex market."
-- Hunter Lovins, co-author of Natural Capitalism and President and Founder of Natural Capitism Solutions
"The Ecosystem Marketplace has done the global investment community a huge service by highlighting the power of voluntary markets for carbon and other GHGs. Understanding the significant potential of environmental markets is a critical foundation to enhancing the efficiency of capital allocation globally and addressing the climate crisis."
-- Colin le Duc, Partner and Head of Research,, Generation Investment Management LPP
"As the world slowly awakens to the dire threat posed by our fast-changing climate, policy makers and businessmen look to the financial markets as one of th best hopes for a rapid and efficient response. Clearly written and immensely well informed, Voluntary Carbon Markets offers and invaluable guide through the myriad financial innovations and markets that are emerging in response to this challenge."
-- Eugene Linden, author of Winds of Change
"This book both shines a light on the workings of voluntary carbon markets and helps provide a roadmap for the increasing number of people and institutions looking to offset their emissions of greenhouse gases."
-- Bradford S. Gentry, Center for Business and the Environment at Yale, Senior Lecturer,, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Published by Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Ricardo Bayon , Amanda Hawn , Katherine Hamilton
Foreword by Al Gore.
March 2007
184 pp., 6 1/8" x 9 1/4", figures, tables & boxes.f
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