State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2003

The emerging carbon market encompasses both project-based emission reduction transactions, whereby a buyer participates in the financing of a project which reduces greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions, compared with what would have happened otherwise, and gets some of the emission reductions (ERs) thus...

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Main Authors: Lecocq, Franck, Capoor, Karan
Format: Working Paper
Language:en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13416
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spelling okr-10986-134162021-04-23T14:03:08Z State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2003 Lecocq, Franck Capoor, Karan abatement abatement costs Allowance markets allowance trading approach atmosphere auction auctions Balance Biomass biomass waste brand Carbon carbon asset Carbon Finance Carbon Finance Business Carbon Fund Carbon Funds Carbon Market Carbon Market Development Carbon Market report carbon prices carbon purchase carbon transactions Certified Emission Reduction Clean Development Clean Development Mechanism clean technologies climate change Climate Change Levy Climate Exchange Climate Trust coal commercial energy commercial energy consumption compliance costs developed countries domestic emissions Electric Power electricity emission emission limitations emission reduction emission reduction transactions Emission Reduction Units emission reductions Emission Trading emissions emissions allowances emissions reductions energy consumption Energy Efficiency environmental equilibrium excess emissions exchange rate forestry Framework Convention on Climate Change Fuel Fuel Switching gas capture Gas Market greenhouse Greenhouse Gas greenhouse gas emissions greenhouse gases income International Emissions International Energy Agency International Markets Joint Implementation land use land use change landfill landfill gas landfill-gas Market Development market risk market segment MARKET STRUCTURE marketing marketplace Member States methane methane capture price index public relations purchasing renewable energy retail risk management Spot prices sustainable development tradable emissions vehicles voluntary commitments voluntary emission Wind The emerging carbon market encompasses both project-based emission reduction transactions, whereby a buyer participates in the financing of a project which reduces greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions, compared with what would have happened otherwise, and gets some of the emission reductions (ERs) thus generated in return; and, trades of GHG emission allowances allocated under existing, or incoming, cap-and-trade GHG emissions control regimes. This Review of the state and trends of the carbon market as of November 2003, based on material provided by Evolution Markets LLC, Natsource LLC and PointCarbon, and on direct interviews with market participants, suggest that: volume exchanged on the carbon market has more than doubled since 2002; buyers are governments, and public-private partnerships like the Prototype Carbon Fund; in 2003, nine out of ten tones of emission reductions originate from projects located in transition economies or developing countries; prices differ depending on the segment of the market, and on the structure of the transaction; allowance markets dominate in number of transactions, but volume exchanged remains small compared with project-based transactions; and, because of long lead time between project preparation and first "yield" of emission reductions, and absent clarification of the validity of project-based emission reductions beyond 2012, the window of opportunity for project-based transactions is rapidly closing. The report further discusses volumes of GHG Emission Reductions (ERs) up to 2012 only, to provide an idea of the volume that might be available for compliance, since 2012 is the end of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, and a milestone in most regimes. For projects where vintages 2013 and beyond are purchased (in particular in forestry-related projects), it was assumed an even annual accrual of ERs, unless known otherwise. Also, throughout the paper, volumes are reported in metric tones of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e). 2013-05-14T19:38:32Z 2013-05-14T19:38:32Z 2003-12-01 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13416 en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic abatement
abatement costs
Allowance markets
allowance trading
approach
atmosphere
auction
auctions
Balance
Biomass
biomass waste
brand
Carbon
carbon asset
Carbon Finance
Carbon Finance Business
Carbon Fund
Carbon Funds
Carbon Market
Carbon Market Development
Carbon Market report
carbon prices
carbon purchase
carbon transactions
Certified Emission Reduction
Clean Development
Clean Development Mechanism
clean technologies
climate change
Climate Change Levy
Climate Exchange
Climate Trust
coal
commercial energy
commercial energy consumption
compliance costs
developed countries
domestic emissions
Electric Power
electricity
emission
emission limitations
emission reduction
emission reduction transactions
Emission Reduction Units
emission reductions
Emission Trading
emissions
emissions allowances
emissions reductions
energy consumption
Energy Efficiency
environmental
equilibrium
excess emissions
exchange rate
forestry
Framework Convention on Climate Change
Fuel
Fuel Switching
gas capture
Gas Market
greenhouse
Greenhouse Gas
greenhouse gas emissions
greenhouse gases
income
International Emissions
International Energy Agency
International Markets
Joint Implementation
land use
land use change
landfill
landfill gas
landfill-gas
Market Development
market risk
market segment
MARKET STRUCTURE
marketing
marketplace
Member States
methane
methane capture
price index
public relations
purchasing
renewable energy
retail
risk management
Spot prices
sustainable development
tradable emissions
vehicles
voluntary commitments
voluntary emission
Wind
spellingShingle abatement
abatement costs
Allowance markets
allowance trading
approach
atmosphere
auction
auctions
Balance
Biomass
biomass waste
brand
Carbon
carbon asset
Carbon Finance
Carbon Finance Business
Carbon Fund
Carbon Funds
Carbon Market
Carbon Market Development
Carbon Market report
carbon prices
carbon purchase
carbon transactions
Certified Emission Reduction
Clean Development
Clean Development Mechanism
clean technologies
climate change
Climate Change Levy
Climate Exchange
Climate Trust
coal
commercial energy
commercial energy consumption
compliance costs
developed countries
domestic emissions
Electric Power
electricity
emission
emission limitations
emission reduction
emission reduction transactions
Emission Reduction Units
emission reductions
Emission Trading
emissions
emissions allowances
emissions reductions
energy consumption
Energy Efficiency
environmental
equilibrium
excess emissions
exchange rate
forestry
Framework Convention on Climate Change
Fuel
Fuel Switching
gas capture
Gas Market
greenhouse
Greenhouse Gas
greenhouse gas emissions
greenhouse gases
income
International Emissions
International Energy Agency
International Markets
Joint Implementation
land use
land use change
landfill
landfill gas
landfill-gas
Market Development
market risk
market segment
MARKET STRUCTURE
marketing
marketplace
Member States
methane
methane capture
price index
public relations
purchasing
renewable energy
retail
risk management
Spot prices
sustainable development
tradable emissions
vehicles
voluntary commitments
voluntary emission
Wind
Lecocq, Franck
Capoor, Karan
State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2003
description The emerging carbon market encompasses both project-based emission reduction transactions, whereby a buyer participates in the financing of a project which reduces greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions, compared with what would have happened otherwise, and gets some of the emission reductions (ERs) thus generated in return; and, trades of GHG emission allowances allocated under existing, or incoming, cap-and-trade GHG emissions control regimes. This Review of the state and trends of the carbon market as of November 2003, based on material provided by Evolution Markets LLC, Natsource LLC and PointCarbon, and on direct interviews with market participants, suggest that: volume exchanged on the carbon market has more than doubled since 2002; buyers are governments, and public-private partnerships like the Prototype Carbon Fund; in 2003, nine out of ten tones of emission reductions originate from projects located in transition economies or developing countries; prices differ depending on the segment of the market, and on the structure of the transaction; allowance markets dominate in number of transactions, but volume exchanged remains small compared with project-based transactions; and, because of long lead time between project preparation and first "yield" of emission reductions, and absent clarification of the validity of project-based emission reductions beyond 2012, the window of opportunity for project-based transactions is rapidly closing. The report further discusses volumes of GHG Emission Reductions (ERs) up to 2012 only, to provide an idea of the volume that might be available for compliance, since 2012 is the end of the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, and a milestone in most regimes. For projects where vintages 2013 and beyond are purchased (in particular in forestry-related projects), it was assumed an even annual accrual of ERs, unless known otherwise. Also, throughout the paper, volumes are reported in metric tones of CO2 equivalent (tCO2e).
format Publications & Research :: Working Paper
author Lecocq, Franck
Capoor, Karan
author_facet Lecocq, Franck
Capoor, Karan
author_sort Lecocq, Franck
title State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2003
title_short State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2003
title_full State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2003
title_fullStr State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2003
title_full_unstemmed State and Trends of the Carbon Market 2003
title_sort state and trends of the carbon market 2003
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13416
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