The world’s carbon trading schemes mapped
The world’s carbon markets mapped, from California to Vietnam.
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By RTCC Staff
An increasing number of countries and regions around the world are actively developing and implementing emissions trading schemes as a strategy to cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
From California to Japan, carbon markets in various guises are popping up to incentivise leaner emissions from big business, industry and electricity producers.
RTCC has pulled all these schemes together, be they established or under development, onto one handy infographic to highlight the extent of efforts to cut carbon around the world.
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