Building Umbrellas or Arks? Three Alternatives to Carbon Credits and Offsets

Benjamin K. Sovacool

The Electricity Journal, 2010, vol. 23, issue 2, 29-40

Abstract: Carbon credit markets suffer seemingly inescapable flaws that may justify alternative approaches such as carbon taxes, a complete phase-out of carbon dioxide emissions, or a global carbon fund. In the years to come, we must remember that credits are not the only sensible policy options for responding to climate change.

Date: 2010
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