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Voluntary carbon offset market. Minutes of evidence 20 February 2007. (Printed in HC 331)

Secondary information

Type

Parliamentary committee

Reference

HC 331-i 2006-07 

Session

2006-07

Paper type

House of Commons papers

Notes

The carbon offset market provides companies, public bodies and individuals with the opportunity to purchase credits generated from projects that reduce the amount of greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere. Such projects include schemes for afforestation, energy efficiency or for the cleaning up of carbon-intensive industries in the developing – or developed – world.

Subjects

Business Air pollution Climate change Carbon dioxide Environment protection Exhaust emissions Forests Pollution control Regulation Dividend tax credits Energy Saving Trust Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Corner House FERN

Library location

Commons Library: CS 243