Voluntary Carbon Standards
A 2010 report by the World Bank (2010) valued the global carbon market at $143 billion in 2009. Within the…
Agriculture | Climate | Energy | Land Use | Transport | Waste | Non-Technical Option | Generic Example
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Domestic Offset Schemes
Climate change is the headline environmental issue of our day. The policy responses take a variety of forms both voluntary…
Climate | Energy | Land Use | Other | Transport | Waste | Technical Option | Non-Technical Option | Generic Example
European Sulphur Directives - Low sulphur fuel
Sulphur is naturally present in small quantities in liquid and solid fuels. However, since the introduction of the Directive relating…
Air | Energy | Transport | Technical Option | Specific Example
Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD)
Flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) is a technology used to remove sulphur dioxide (SO2) from the exhaust flue gases of fossil…
Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR)
Exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) is a nitrogen oxide (NOX) emission reduction technique used in petrol and diesel internal combustion engines.…
Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR)
Selective Non-Catalytic Reduction (SNCR) is a method to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions in conventional power plants that burn biomass, waste…
Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) is a means of converting nitrogen oxides (NOX) with the aid of a catalyst into nitrogen…
European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)
On the 1st of January 2005 the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) came into operation. The EU ETS…
LED Lighting
While CFL (compact fluorescent light) light bulbs have been put forward as the environmentally friendly energy efficient alternative to traditional…
Carbon Tax
The aim of a carbon tax is to reduce carbon emissions. A carbon tax seeks to incorporate the cost of…
