carbon market research Articles

Carbon market and global climate governance: limitations and challenges

Climate change has been a challenge to international diplomacy and to global climate governance (GCG) involving governments, companies and civil society. This paper discusses the limitations and challenges of the global carbon market as a mechanism of GCG and its role in the post–Kyoto period. This study is part of an interdisciplinary and multi–institutional research about GCG and carbon market ...

Feb. 9, 2015

By Inderscience Publishers
The human side of social technology for climate change mitigation and human development: the case of 'efficient stoves' in Brazil

Carbon management has gradually gained attention within the overall environmental management and corporate social responsibility agendas. The clean development mechanism, from Kyoto Protocol, was envisioned as connecting carbon market and sustainable development objectives in developing countries. Previous research has shown that this potential is rarely being achieved. The paper explores how the ...

Dec. 5, 2012

By Inderscience Publishers
Case-study - Improving monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions

Greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories are used by businesses, governments and members of the public as they provide levels of allowable carbon emissions and details of how emissions can be reduced. Some industrial sectors have high uncertainties in their MRV results which presents a barrier to carbon dioxide reductions. MRV Sector aims to improve and increase the accuracy of monitoring techniques in ...

Jan. 23, 2015

By Climate-KIC

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Carbon market and global climate governance: limitations and challenges

The human side of social technology for climate change mitigation and human development: the case of 'efficient stoves' in Brazil

Case-study - Improving monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions