The Kyoto Protocol divided countries into industrialized and developing economies. Industrialized countries, collectively called Annex 1, operated in their own emissions trading market. If a country emitted less than its target amount of
hydrocarbons, it could sell its surplus credits to countries that did not achieve its Kyoto level goals, through an
Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement (ERPA).
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Carbon Credit Definition agreement, known as the Marrakesh Accords, spelled out the rules for how the system would work. California has its own carbon credit program, which is reputed to be the world's fourth-largest. <span>The Kyoto Protocol divided countries into industrialized and developing economies. Industrialized countries, collectively called Annex 1, operated in their own emissions trading market. If a country emitted less than its target amount of hydrocarbons, it could sell its surplus credits to countries that did not achieve its Kyoto level goals, through an Emission Reduction Purchase Agreement (ERPA). The separate Clean Development Mechanism for developing countries issued carbon credits called a Certified Emission Reduction (CER). A developing nation could receive these credits for Summary
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