Carbon Credits: Towards Creating A Better Environment 

The carbon credit (CC) market is one which results from buying and selling of emission allowances and reduction credits to enable countries and companies meet their greenhouse gases (GHG) emission targets. CC trading and CO2 saving projects are great opportunities for Indian/foreign companies. CC market is a new emerging trend in capital markets and India would be benefited from carbon trading in the near future, say, in the next five to ten years. The Kyoto Protocol has benefited the world at large, which is evident from the fact that the trading in CCs has increased to a very large extent and both the developed and the developing countries are taking a proactive approach towards reducing carbon emissions. This book gives a thorough introduction of the CC concepts, evaluation and functioning of carbon markets, carbon trading, Kyoto Protocol and its relevance today, problems and ambiguities relating to carbon markets, opportunities available in carbon trading, emerging trends in carbo