Overview of Carbon Offset Programs : Similarities and Differences

Overview of Carbon Offset Programs : Similarities and Differences

This Technical Note provides a summary of the key elements and design features of 11 different carbon offset programs. It discusses the essential differences and similarities between programs, and discusses how these programs address key issues, such as: efficiency, environmental integrity, applicab...

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Main Author: Partnership for Market Readiness
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
Climate finance
Carbon
Carbon pricing
Carbon offsets
Emissions trading
Carbon credits
Crediting mechanism
Emissions reduction
Climate change
Mitigation
PMR
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21353
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spelling okr-10986-213532021-04-23T14:04:01Z Overview of Carbon Offset Programs : Similarities and Differences Partnership for Market Readiness Climate finance Carbon Carbon pricing Carbon offsets Emissions trading Carbon credits Crediting mechanism Emissions reduction Climate change Mitigation PMR This Technical Note provides a summary of the key elements and design features of 11 different carbon offset programs. It discusses the essential differences and similarities between programs, and discusses how these programs address key issues, such as: efficiency, environmental integrity, applicability, and transaction costs. It does not evaluate the implications of the different design features. This note may be useful for countries that are contemplating different designs of carbon offset programs and other crediting mechanisms. 2015-01-27T23:01:43Z 2015-01-27T23:01:43Z 2015-01-27 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21353 en_US PMR Technical Note;No. 6 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research North America Australia China Japan Switzerland UNITED STATES
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topic Climate finance
Carbon
Carbon pricing
Carbon offsets
Emissions trading
Carbon credits
Crediting mechanism
Emissions reduction
Climate change
Mitigation
PMR
spellingShingle Climate finance
Carbon
Carbon pricing
Carbon offsets
Emissions trading
Carbon credits
Crediting mechanism
Emissions reduction
Climate change
Mitigation
PMR
Partnership for Market Readiness
Overview of Carbon Offset Programs : Similarities and Differences
geographic_facet North America
Australia
China
Japan
Switzerland
UNITED STATES
relation PMR Technical Note;No. 6
description This Technical Note provides a summary of the key elements and design features of 11 different carbon offset programs. It discusses the essential differences and similarities between programs, and discusses how these programs address key issues, such as: efficiency, environmental integrity, applicability, and transaction costs. It does not evaluate the implications of the different design features. This note may be useful for countries that are contemplating different designs of carbon offset programs and other crediting mechanisms.
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Partnership for Market Readiness
author_facet Partnership for Market Readiness
author_sort Partnership for Market Readiness
title Overview of Carbon Offset Programs : Similarities and Differences
title_short Overview of Carbon Offset Programs : Similarities and Differences
title_full Overview of Carbon Offset Programs : Similarities and Differences
title_fullStr Overview of Carbon Offset Programs : Similarities and Differences
title_full_unstemmed Overview of Carbon Offset Programs : Similarities and Differences
title_sort overview of carbon offset programs : similarities and differences
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2015
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/21353
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