Introduction to Voluntary Carbon Markets
Gordon Rowan
Head of Structured and Sustainable Finance
In the previous video, Gordon explained the need for carbon pricing and trading and then looked at a couple of potential solutions to prevent GHG volumes rising even further through the likes of carbon taxes and compliance carbon markets. In this video, he will explain in detail the voluntary carbon markets and their role.
In the previous video, Gordon explained the need for carbon pricing and trading and then looked at a couple of potential solutions to prevent GHG volumes rising even further through the likes of carbon taxes and compliance carbon markets. In this video, he will explain in detail the voluntary carbon markets and their role.
Introduction to Voluntary Carbon Markets
8 mins 50 secs
Voluntary carbon credits represent an efficient way to price carbon within market economies and try to aid the efficient reorganisation of our societies to limit or avoid climate change. As well as generating impressive returns, voluntary carbon credits offer the benefits of portfolio diversification and an attractive risk premium over traditional asset classes.
Key learning objectives:
What are voluntary carbon markets?
What are the essential criteria used in greenhouse gas offset programmes?
Understand the difference between compliance and voluntary carbon markets
Understand the benefits of voluntary carbon markets
Gordon Rowan
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