{"id":20004,"date":"2023-12-03T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/?p=20004"},"modified":"2023-12-03T21:07:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T20:07:48","slug":"carbon-markets-reduce-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.11onze.cat\/en\/magazine\/carbon-markets-reduce-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Carbon markets to reduce pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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According to Greenpeace, climate change is the evil of our time and its consequences could be devastating if we do not drastically reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions. That is why carbon markets are born.<\/b><\/h3>\n

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The effects of climate change are already all too perceptible. The global average temperature has risen by 1.1 degrees Celsius since pre-industrial times. According to the <\/span>World Meteorological Organization<\/span><\/a> (WMO), the period between 2015 and 2019 was the warmest five-year period on record. And sea levels have risen by five millimetres per year between 2014 and 2019. To address this, so-called <\/span>carbon markets have been created to limit and control greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere<\/b> in the form of carbon dioxide.<\/span><\/p>\n

The aim of carbon markets is to enable us to reduce emissions at the lowest cost. Those who can take environmental action, at not very high cost, develop them. But they do so in exchange for those who find it more difficult to buy so-called carbon credits, and help finance these sustainable projects. <\/span>Through this exchange, a more efficient emissions system is achieved<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carbon markets are thus based on the sale or purchase of so-called carbon credits or greenhouse gas emission reduction certificates. These are documents that entitle the owner <\/span>to emit a certain amount of carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases<\/b>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In other words, if you have a certain number of credits, you are entitled to emit a certain amount of greenhouse gases annually. In general,<\/span> each of these credits is equivalent to one tonne of carbon dioxide<\/b>, although, depending on the type of greenhouse gas, a different amount may be stipulated.<\/span><\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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