Comments on: Carbon Market Terminology Deciphered by ClimateCheck

By: Pablo

Pablo — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:24:38 +0000

Marc, VCS has adopted ISO 14064-2.

By: Marc Reider

Marc Reider — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:50:50 +0000

Doesn’t the VCS actually use ISO standards for it’s offsets?

By: Pablo

Pablo — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:15:37 +0000

Ed, The VCS is a “standard and program for approval of credible voluntary offsets.” So they provide a framework for judging offsets that you or I might purchase from the voluntary market. This is different from ISO 14064 because ISO defines what needs to be done in a company or project-level inventory. Offset credits for most programs (CCX etc.) and for regulated markets are all based on the ISO standards, which ensures the highest quality inventory and emissions reductions data.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:27:37 +0000

dr cane toad,
Neither a goal nor necessarily a quagmire. The limit of scientifically acceptable GHG emissions, which should be the primary factor behind a global cap, would be the biggest factor for a global carbon price. It would also have little to do with the scientifically acceptable limit for waste or other, non-GHG, emissions. Each of these would need to be established on their own and would subsequently have their own prices. Now, there could be a single exchange in which different commodities were traded with different prices for each. This is a good idea and certainly one that is being actively considered by several key stakeholders. It’s also worth noting here that GHG emissions are not the first type of emissions to be traded. First were the NOx and SOx emissions that cause acid rain. The GHG markets are modeled partially after those.

By: dr cane toad

dr cane toad — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:09:20 +0000

let’s say there’s a global pricing standard for carbon and it works. Then… Doesn’t tahr lead to markets for all emissions? Ghg and otherwise? And indeed therefore all waste? Would that bebthe goal or a beauticratic quagmire?

By: Ed Hall

Ed Hall — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:33:33 +0000

Are there other standards besides ISO standards out there? If so, what are they? I’ve heard of the Voluntary Carbon Standard a lot recently. Is this something different?
-Ed