| One out of every six molecules of climate pollution released to the atmosphere next year will be regulated under a cap-and-trade system, according a new global estimate that highlights the remarkable ongoing growth in carbon markets around the world.
Under cap-and-trade systems — pioneered in recent years in Europe and some U.S. states and spreading through Asia and Canada — governments trying to slow global warming impose industry- or economy-wide caps on climate pollution. Companies then buy and trade allowances needed to release pollution every year...............................................Full Article: Source
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