Carbon Trading to Protect the Environment
Moving money to protect the environment has been CantorCO2e's core business since we first delivered emissions trading services in 1992. The idea behind emissions trading is simple - a regulatory body places a cap on emissions, and emissions trading allows the economy the maximum flexibility in meeting that cap. In this way an agreed emissions goal is reached at minimum economic cost. This is important because in the real world which we inhabit, politicians don't support measures that can lose them their seat - so affordability AND performance are key requirements to legislation. Emissions trading delivers environmenetal improvement and minimises economic disruption. In this way, we actually achieve more environmental improvements, in a shorter amount of time, and at less cost.
In the US sulphur dioxide (SO2) markets for example (SO2 is a key component of acid rain), emissions have been reduced by over 85%, at an economic cost of around 10% of the cost forecasts that were made when the programme began. Early signs are that carbon emissions trading has the potential to achieve such spectacular results, but on a global scale.
CantorCO2e has been at the heart of emissions trading since it began, guiding legislation and creating liquidity, to help bring the power of the financial markets to protect our environment. Click below for more information about the global, national, regional, and local compliance and voluntary markets that CantorCO2e services:
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Carbon - European Union EmissionsTrading Scheme, Clean Development Mechanism, Joint Implementation , and National Schemes such as United Kingdom, USA (Regional Greenhous Gas Initiative and California's Global Warming Solutions Act), Japan, and New Zealand. |

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USA Compliance - SO2 Allowances, NOx SIP Call, Clean Air Interstate Rule, RECLAIM, Houston Galveston Mass Emissions Cap and Trade, SCAQMD's Rule 2202, Discrete Emission Reductions, Emission Reduction Credits, and Renewable Energy |

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Voluntary - Offseting your carbon footprint and going green through the use of carbon offseting. |

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Auctioning of Carbon Compliance Units (CERs, ERUs, EUAs, AAUs) |
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