Exploring the market for voluntary carbon offsets

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dc.contributor.authorTaiyab, N.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:19:39Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:19:39Zen
dc.date.issued2006en
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the potential for financing small-scale high-benefit sustainable development projects through the voluntary and retail sector of the carbon market. Through a literature review and interviews with offset retailers and buyers from the private sector, the non-profit sector and government, the paper looks at how the voluntary and retail sectors fit into the overall carbon market; who the main buyers and sellers are; what motivates buyers to voluntarily purchase carbon offsets; and how this market can be further developed. The aim is to consolidate information on the voluntary and retail sectors in order to help potential buyers to understand the market and to provide a starting point for those on the supply side to discuss strategies for further developing the market.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier2426en
dc.identifier.citationMarkets for Environmental Services 8en
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-84369-582-0 (formerly 1-84369582-0)en
dc.identifier.other2426_15502IIED.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/66920en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLondon: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.iied.org/pubs/pdf/full/15502IIED.pdfen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.iied.org/pubs/display.php?o=15502IIED&n=2&l=10&s=MESen
dc.rightsThe material in this paper may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes provided full credit is given to the author and to IIED.en
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen
dc.subjectMarketing and tradeen
dc.subjectWorld marketsen
dc.subjectSustainable developmenten
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectClimate controlen
dc.subjectMarketsen
dc.subjectClimate changeen
dc.subjectCarbon marketsen
dc.subjectCarbon offsetsen
dc.subjectClean Development Mechanism (CDM)en
dc.subjectMarket developmenten
dc.subjectVoluntary marketen
dc.subjectRetail marketen
dc.subjectCo-benefitsen
dc.titleExploring the market for voluntary carbon offsetsen
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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