Making Sense of the Voluntary Carbon Market
The role of the voluntary carbon offset market.
A Comparison of Carbon Offset Standards
This March 2008 report discusses the role of the voluntary carbon offset market. It provides an overview and guide to the most important currently available standards, using the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as a benchmark. The report compares the standards side-by-side and outlines the most pertinent aspects of each. It also includes a handy one page reference table for a quick comparison of the standards. The evaluated standards are:
- Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
- Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX)
- Climate, Community & Biodiversity Standards (CCBS)
- ISO 14064-2
- GHG Protocol for Project Accounting
- Gold Standard (GS)
- Plan Vivo System
- VER+
- Voluntary Offset Standard (VOS)
- Voluntary Carbon Standard 2007 (VCS 2007)
The Voluntary Carbon Market report was commissioned by WWF Germany and written by Anja Kollmuss (SEI-US), Helge Zink (Tricorona) and Clifford Polycarp (SEI-US.)
Download the executive summary of Making Sense of the Voluntary Carbon Market
Download the whole report
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
The CDM is a joint effort of the UNFCCC secretariat and UNEP RISOE Centre in Denmark to help stakeholders in the CDM "get down to business".
cdm.unfccc.int
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