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=My Presentation= = = =Carbon Emissions Trading= A coal power plant in Germany. Due to emissions trading, [|coal] might become less competitive as a fuel. A central authority (usually a [|government] or international body) sets a limit or //cap// on the amount of a pollutant that can be emitted. Companies or other groups are issued emission permits and are required to hold an equivalent number of //allowances// (or //[|credits]//) which represent the right to emit a specific amount. The total amount of allowances and credits cannot exceed the cap, limiting total emissions to that level. Companies that need to increase their emission allowance must buy credits from those who pollute less. The transfer of allowances is referred to as a [|trade]. In effect, the buyer is paying a charge for polluting, while the seller is being rewarded for having reduced emissions by more than was needed. Thus, in theory, those that can easily reduce emissions most cheaply will do so, achieving the pollution reduction at the lowest possible cost to society.[|[][|1][|]] There are active trading programs in several pollutants. For [|greenhouse gases] the largest is the [|European Union Emission Trading Scheme].[|[][|2][|]] In the United States there is a national market to reduce [|acid rain] and several regional markets in nitrous oxide.[|[][|3][|]] Markets for other pollutants tend to be smaller and more localized. Carbon trading is sometimes seen as a better approach than a direct [|carbon tax] or direct regulation. By solely aiming at the cap it avoids the consequences and compromises that often accompany other methods. It can be cheaper, and politically preferable for existing industries because the initial allocation of allowances is often allocated with a //[|grandfathering] provision// where rights are issued in proportion to historical emissions. In addition, most of the money in the system is spent on environmental activities, and the investment directed at [|sustainable] projects that earn credits in the developing world can contribute to the [|Millennium Development Goals]. Critics of emissions trading point to problems of complexity, monitoring, enforcement, and sometimes dispute the initial allocation methods and cap.[|[][|4][|]] ||
 * **Emissions trading** (or **emission trading**) is an [|administrative] approach used to control [|pollution] by providing [|economic] [|incentives] for achieving reductions in the emissions of [|pollutants]. It is sometimes called **cap and trade**.
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