碳信用额辨识标准 Code of Practice for carbon credits

[摘要]英国政府颁布了指导消费者如何确定碳补偿质量的准则（Code of Practice）。Defra表示起初这套准则仅包括京都议定书下的碳信用额（CERs），但之后政府决定也把自愿减排碳信用额(VERs)也包括进去，因为自愿减排市场标准繁多，项目良莠不齐，其实更需要政府的指导；所以一些质量比较高的资源减排产品也在这套准则的评价范围之内。

消息源：Defra news

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Comments: 这套准则很及时，给消费者理论上的指导，让人们懂得如何去辨别碳信用额提供商；不过这个code我想是为了避嫌，并没有推荐任何一个碳信用额公司或组织。

A year after launching an initial consultation on the concept, the UK government has launched a Code of Practice with the purpose of guiding consumers towards determined high quality offsets. The aim is to provide clear, transparent information on both their provenance and their prices. While Defra, "recognizes the efforts of the industry so far to develop different standards for Voluntary Emission Reductions (VERs), and encourages the industry to come together and build on the existing groundwork," the Code of Practice initially covers only Certified Emissions Reductions (CERs) that are compliant with the Kyoto Protocol. The decision to exclude VERs has been a controversial element of the government Code, and in response Defra continues to suggest that non- Kyoto credits could potentially be included under the code. According to Environment Secretary Hilary Benn, "We recognize that credits from the unregulated market may be innovative and of a very high standard. So we're leaving the Offsetting Code open to high-quality voluntary offsetting products, provided the industry can provide a similar level of assurance about the standard of the credits."
Source: The Ecosystem Marketplace's V-Carbon News

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