Changeblock explains… In order to understand what a Carbon Credit is, we first need to learn about what causes global warming in the first place. The gases that trap heat in the atmosphere are called greenhouse gases (GHGs). As a result of the accumulation of these emissions, the earth is warming toward dangerous levels. Therefore, to address this problem, under international agreements called the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement, specific emissions have become subject…
We are currently being under served by the voluntary carbon markets. Despite their intent, they present many issues, including high…
First impressions There is no question that ouryouthful notion of climate stability is changing. Newspaper headlines from Australia, Canada, the…
The world is going postal; and by that, I mean people are getting restless and, dare I say it, angry…
We are currently being under served by the voluntary carbon markets. Despite their intent, they present many issues, including high intermediation, complex verification mechanisms, and confusing quality signals. But most importantly, these markets are failing due to severe inaccessibility and low innovation, which for the future, among other things, brings risks of demand overwhelming an undeveloped system. However, even with these failings, the carbon markets are still one of the most promising mechanisms to address…
First impressions There is no question that ouryouthful notion of climate stability is changing. Newspaper headlines from Australia, Canada, the United States, Russia, and worldwide show an increase intemperatures, often spiking to new highs, enormous forest fires, persistentdroughts, and record floods. All these events attest to the accuracy ofscientific forecasts that temperatures will rise and the variance intemperatures and rainfall will increase. So what is to be done? It is well known that greenhousegas…
Rates of basal melt of Antarctic ice shelves (melting of the shelves from underneath) overlaid on a 2009 mosaic of Antarctica created from data from NASA’s Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard NASA’s Terra and Aqua spacecraft. Red shades denote melt rates of less than 5 meters (16.4 feet) per year (freezing conditions), while blue shades represent melt rates of greater than 5 meters (16.4 feet) per year (melting conditions). The perimeters of…
