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provide incentives to emitters to develop the means by which emissions can inexpensively be reduced.
JOINT IMPLEMENTATION
The mechanism known as joint implementation, defined in Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol, allows a country with an emission reduction or limitation commitment under the Kyoto Protocol (Annex B Party) to earn emission reduction units (ERUs) from an emission-reduction or emission removal project in another Annex B Party, each equivalent to one tonne of CO2, which can be counted towards meeting its Kyoto target. Joint implementation offers Parties a flexible and cost-efficient means of fulfilling a part of their Kyoto commitments, while the host Party benefits from foreign investment and technology transfer.
both the buyer and the seller; Players are brought to a single platform, thus, eliminating the laborious process of identifying either buyers or sellers with enough credibility; and The MCX futures floor gives an immediate reference price. At present, there is no transparency related to prices in the Indian carbon credit market, which has kept sellers at the receiving end with no bargaining power.
POTENTIAL TRADING
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Commodity financers Funding agencies Corporate having risk exposure in energy products
Agriculture Energy ( renewable & non-renewable sources) Manufacturing Fugitive emissions from fuels (solid, oil and gas) Metal production Mining and mineral production Chemicals A forestation & reforestation
CONCLUSION
Emission of GHS is major threat to environment all over the world. Due to industrialization and modernization the emission of carbon and other GHS has become un avoidable, but this problem has to be countered at right time or else there will be a great disaster to living beings, carbon trading is one of the good solutions for that by which the emission of carbon and other GHS can be controlled and a monetary benefits can also be created to the nations who contribute more in saving the environment.