Environmental Audit - Sixth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 3 July 2007.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
INTRODUCTION
UNDERSTANDING THE COMPLIANCE AND VOLUNTARY
CARBON MARKETS
The compliance carbon market
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
Joint implementation (JI)
Emissions trading
The voluntary carbon market
Emerging voluntary market standards
THE ROLE AND PURPOSE OF OFFSETTING
Defining and communicating the role of
the voluntary offset market
Encouraging and understanding emission reducing
behaviour
Business
THE CURRENT STATE OF THE VOLUNTARY MARKET:
A SUMMARY
Current problems
Problems with offset projects
Problems with offset provision to consumers
THE GOVERNMENT'S CONSULTATION ON ESTABLISHING
A VOLUNTARY CODE OF BEST PRACTICE
THE COMPLIANCE MARKET: A BENCHMARK FOR
VOLUNTARY MARKET CREDITS?
REGULATION AND OFFSET CRITERIA
Need for offsets to be robust
Criteria and approval
LAND-USE, LAND-USE CHANGE AND FORESTRY
Forestry projects in the voluntary market
The importance of forestry offset projects
to the climate
AVIATION
Airlines' diverse approach to offsetting
The EU ETS and offsets
Mandating offsets for flights
Variation in offset price and radiative forcing
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
FORMAL MINUTES
WITNESSES
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE
PAST REPORTS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT
COMMITTEE SINCE 1997
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
WRITTEN EVIDENCE
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