19 NOVEMBER 2013
COP19:(17/11/13) Dirk Forrister, President and CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association explains what the emissions trading scheme (ETS) is and how it can help reduce emissions and unlock ambition.
ETS is an incentive based policy that is designed to limit emissions across its sources and gradually reduce them over time. The incentive part of this scheme is that you reduce beyond the amount that you have to you can gain credits. These credits can be sold and help pay for the technology that brought down the emissions. ...
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