The Resource Carbon offsets : the U.S. voluntary market is growing, but quality assurance poses challenges for market participants : report to Congressional requesters, United States Government Accountability Office
Carbon offsets : the U.S. voluntary market is growing, but quality assurance poses challenges for market participants : report to Congressional requesters, United States Government Accountability Office
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- Summary
- Carbon offsets--reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from an activity in one place to compensate for emissions elsewhere--are a way to address climate change by paying someone else to reduce emissions. To be credible, an offset must be additional--it must reduce emissions below the quantity emitted in a business-as-usual scenario--among other criteria. Assessing credibility is inherently challenging because it is difficult to make business-as-usual projections. Outside the U.S., offsets may be purchased on compliance markets to meet requirements to reduce emissions. In the U.S., there are no federal requirements and offsets may be purchased in the voluntary market. GAO was asked to examine (1) the scope of the U.S. voluntary carbon offset market, including the role of the federal government; (2) the extent to which mechanisms for ensuring the credibility of offsets are available and used and what, if any, related information is shared with consumers; and (3) trade-offs associated with increased oversight of the U.S. market and including offsets in climate change mitigation policies. This report is based on analysis of literature and data, interviews with stakeholders, and GAO's purchase of offsets
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- iii, 59 pages
- Note
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- Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 17, 2008)
- "August 2008."
- "GAO-08-1048."
- Label
- Carbon offsets : the U.S. voluntary market is growing, but quality assurance poses challenges for market participants : report to Congressional requesters
- Title
- Carbon offsets
- Title remainder
- the U.S. voluntary market is growing, but quality assurance poses challenges for market participants : report to Congressional requesters
- Statement of responsibility
- United States Government Accountability Office
- Title variation
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- Carbon offsets
- U.S. voluntary market is growing, but quality assurance poses challenges for market participants
- Title variation remainder
- the United States voluntary market is growing, but quality assurance poses challenges for market participants
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Carbon offsets--reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from an activity in one place to compensate for emissions elsewhere--are a way to address climate change by paying someone else to reduce emissions. To be credible, an offset must be additional--it must reduce emissions below the quantity emitted in a business-as-usual scenario--among other criteria. Assessing credibility is inherently challenging because it is difficult to make business-as-usual projections. Outside the U.S., offsets may be purchased on compliance markets to meet requirements to reduce emissions. In the U.S., there are no federal requirements and offsets may be purchased in the voluntary market. GAO was asked to examine (1) the scope of the U.S. voluntary carbon offset market, including the role of the federal government; (2) the extent to which mechanisms for ensuring the credibility of offsets are available and used and what, if any, related information is shared with consumers; and (3) trade-offs associated with increased oversight of the U.S. market and including offsets in climate change mitigation policies. This report is based on analysis of literature and data, interviews with stakeholders, and GAO's purchase of offsets
- Cataloging source
- EJB
- Government publication
- federal national government publication
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/organizationName
- United States
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Emissions trading
- Carbon sequestration
- Carbon dioxide sinks
- Carbon dioxide mitigation
- Greenhouse gas mitigation
- Climatic changes
- Label
- Carbon offsets : the U.S. voluntary market is growing, but quality assurance poses challenges for market participants : report to Congressional requesters, United States Government Accountability Office
- Link
- Note
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- Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 17, 2008)
- "August 2008."
- "GAO-08-1048."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 17598936
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- iii, 59 pages
- Form of item
- electronic
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System details
- Mode of access: Internet from GAO web site. Address as of 9/17/08: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081048.pdf ; current access available via PURL
- Label
- Carbon offsets : the U.S. voluntary market is growing, but quality assurance poses challenges for market participants : report to Congressional requesters, United States Government Accountability Office
- Link
- Note
-
- Title from title screen (viewed on Sept. 17, 2008)
- "August 2008."
- "GAO-08-1048."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- mixed
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 17598936
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- iii, 59 pages
- Form of item
- electronic
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System details
- Mode of access: Internet from GAO web site. Address as of 9/17/08: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d081048.pdf ; current access available via PURL
Subject
- Carbon dioxide sinks -- United States -- Measurement
- Carbon sequestration -- United States -- Measurement
- Carbon dioxide mitigation -- United States
- Emissions trading -- United States -- Evaluation
- Greenhouse gas mitigation -- United States
- Climatic changes -- Risk management -- United States
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