It is difficult currently to open the daily newspaper or scroll
through social media channels without seeing the words emissions
trading, carbon finance, cap and trade and the carbon markets
referenced within those pages. In this short introductory piece, we
would like to set the stage for a series of upcoming articles by us
in which we will examine, explore and critique the emerging carbon
finance markets in Canada and globally. In this first piece of our
series, we will introduce key concepts in carbon finance and place
the carbon markets within the broader sustainable finance field.
The topic is very extensive and, as a result, we cannot cover
everything within the general framework of carbon financing in one
single post.
In recent years, a subset of conventional financing and
investment known as “sustainable finance” has emerged.
The aim of sustainable finance is…
