Voluntary Carbon Markets: An International Business Guide to What They Are and How They Work (Environmental Markets Insight Series)
Voluntary Carbon Markets: An International Business Guide to What They Are and How They Work (Environmental Markets Insight Series) – Review
This book is dense and technical, yet worth the point of any reader with a considerable interest in climate policy. Ricardo Bayon, Amanda Hawn and Katherine Hamilton do a excellent job of possibly explaining how the carbon markets work and how they relate to other central markets, such as that for renewable energy certificates (RECs) in the U.S. They offer a sampling of expert opinions on the role and the future of these markets. The authors explicitly express their view that climate change is a reality and that the markets can help solve it. Yet, at the same time, they are dispassionate, reasonably objective and fair in their production of dissenting views. We recommend this book to communal leaders who want to become more socially responsible and to anyone interested in sustainable practices.