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Coalition for Rainforest Nations editor's pick popular

http://www.rainforestcoalition.org/eng/

8 out of 10 stars (8 votes)

a group of forested tropical countries collaborating to reconcile forest stewardship with economic development, including establishment of rainforest protection financed through carbon markets

Added: Apr. 16, 2006 | Rate It

Tropical Deforestation and Climate Change editor's pick popular

http://www.edf.org/documents/4930_TropicalDeforestation_and_ClimateChange.pdf

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

provides scientific perspectives on tropical deforestation and climate change, and a discussion of compensation payments made via the carbon market to reduce deforestation rates, by the Amazon Institute for Environmental Research, together with Environmental Defense

Added: Jun. 24, 2006 | Rate It

Chicago Climate Exchange editor's pick

http://www.chicagoclimateexchange.com/

6 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

provides cost-effective methods for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by building and operating a market-based emission reduction and trading program that is flexible, has low transaction costs, is environmentally rigorous and rewards environmental innovation

Added: Aug. 06, 2004 | Rate It

Chicago Climate Exchange editor's pick

http://www.chicagoclimatex.com/

intends to apply financial innovation and incentives to advance social, environmental and economic goals

Added: Apr. 07, 2008 | Rate It

Consumer's Guide to Retail Carbon Offset Providers, A editor's pick

http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org/ConsumersGuidetoCarbonOffsets.pdf

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

a report from Clean Air, Cool Planet which discusses what makes a good retail carbon offset provider, and seeks to provide guidance to those that are considering purchasing offsets to help reduce their "carbon footprints" to achieve "carbon neutrality" (pdf)

Added: Dec. 31, 2006 | Rate It

Carbon Credit Agency new

http://www.carboncreditagency.com/

helps individuals, families, and businesses to do their part to create a sustainable world by investing in projects that reduce the damage caused by CO2 emissions

Added: Jul. 30, 2008 | Rate It

Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative, The

http://www.ghgprotocol.org/

working with businesses, governments, and environmental groups around the world to build a new generation of credible and effective programs for tackling climate change

Added: Mar. 16, 2008 | Rate It

Australasian Emissions Trading Forum (AETF)

http://aetf.emcc.net.au/

9 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

provides regular reports on emissions trading developments in Australia, New Zealand and internationally, and provides a forum for discussion of ET issues

Added: Feb. 14, 2002 | Rate It

CantorCO2e

http://www.cantorco2e.com/

10 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

provides tools and strategies for emissions trading

Added: Apr. 17, 2002 | Rate It

Capacity Building for the Clean Development Mechanism

http://www.cd4cdm.org/

promotes understanding of this Kyoto Protocol instrument which provides for foreign investment in greenhouse gas emission reduction options while simultaneously addressing the issue of sustainable development

Added: Dec. 15, 2005 | Rate It

Carbon Finance at the World Bank

http://carbonfinance.org/

the World Bank Carbon Finance Unit uses money contributed by governments and companies in OECD countries to purchase project-based greenhouse gas emission reductions

Added: Dec. 23, 2007 | Rate It

Carbon Footprint

http://www.carbonfootprint.com/

allows you to calculate the impact your activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of green house gases produced, measured in units of carbon dioxide

Added: Jun. 27, 2006 | Rate It

Carbon Trade Watch updated

http://www.carbontradewatch.org/

takes a critical look at the reality of carbon trading, and argues for a 'climate justice' alternative

Added: May. 21, 2006 | Rate It

Carbon Trading: A Critical Conversation of Climate Change, Privatisation and Power

http://www.dhf.uu.se/pdffiler/DD2006_48_carbon_trading/carbon_trading_web.pdf

a critical analysis of carbon trading and carbon-offsets, in particular of those based on tree monocultures, published by the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (pdf)

Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

Carboncredits

http://www.senternovem.nl/carboncredits/index.asp

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

buys emission reduction for the Dutch government via Joint Implementation (JI) and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM

Added: Jul. 24, 2001 | Rate It

carbonpositive

http://www.carbonpositive.net/

9 out of 10 stars (4 votes)

a business that develops sustainable agro-forestry and bio-energy projects in non-industrialized countries and carries out projects to cut greenhouse emissions

Added: May. 23, 2006 | Rate It

Climate Change Central

http://www.climatechangecentral.com/

9 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

seeks to help to help those from Alberta, Canada succeed in achieving innovative solutions to climate change, including working on green house gas emissions trading

Added: Sep. 14, 2001 | Rate It

coolAction.com

http://www.coolaction.com/

allows individuals/entities to participate in the GHG emission reduction market by purchasing emission reductions on-line

Added: Jan. 22, 2003 | Rate It

Emerging International Greenhouse Gas Market, The

http://www.pewclimate.org/docUploads/trading%2Epdf

the Pew Center report describes the various programs under which early trades have occurred, characteristics of the emerging market, and potential evolution of the market given developing climate change policy (pdf)

Added: Mar. 22, 2002 | Rate It

Emissions Marketing Association

http://www.environmentalmarkets.org/index.ww

a trade association for environmental industry professionals interested in the market-based solutions to combat pollution and create a sustainable environment

Added: Aug. 16, 2001 | Rate It

Emissions Trading Eduction Initiative

http://www.etei.org/

promotes caps and trading of emissions; providing environmental groups, industries, and lawmakers with practical resources on environmental-based trading programs

Added: May. 22, 2001 | Rate It

EPA's Clean Air Market Programs

http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/

10 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

the US Environmental Protection Agency promotes clean air market programs to reduce air pollution and promote emissions allowance trading

Added: Dec. 16, 2001 | Rate It

Forests, Environment and Climate Change Programme -- Overseas Development Institute

http://www.odi.org.uk/fecc/

seeks policy change in tropical forestry in ways which improve the livelihoods and well-being of the forest-dependent poor, while preserving sustainability

Added: Mar. 21, 2008 | Rate It