Want to make money and reduce your carbon footprint? Think about selling carbon credits. The carbon credit system aims to reduce carbon emissions by helping companies and individuals offset carbon emissions. Read on to learn how to sell carbon credits.

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Want to make money and reduce your carbon footprint? Think about selling carbon credits. The carbon credit system aims to reduce carbon emissions by helping companies and individuals offset carbon emissions. Read on to learn how to sell carbon credits.

The content in this page is not a substitute for professional financial advice. Please contact your financial adviser before using the information presented here.

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• Carbon dioxide is one of the pollutants responsible for climate change (also known as global warming). In an effort to slow down emissions, most industrialized countries have placed quotas on the amount of carbon dioxide each business may emit. To help balance carbon emissions, carbon trading was born.

1. One carbon credit allows the holder to emit one ton of carbon dioxide.
2. Carbon trading is a new type of financial market that allows companies, individuals and countries buy and sell carbon credits.
   1. The market works by allowing those who are in danger of going over their carbon emission quotas (or wish to offset their carbon emission) to purchase additional carbon credits.
   2. In the United States, carbon trading is voluntary.
3. Certificates are sold that say one ton of carbon dioxide was removed from the atmosphere through renewable energy projects.
4. In the United States, carbon credits are traded on the Chicago Climate Exchange.
5. To sell carbon credits you must be a registered offset aggregator or offset provider.

• Farmers and landowners can offset carbon emissions by developing a renewable energy project (also called a carbon offset project) to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store carbon in soil. If you are a farmer and you wish to convert your land to carbon credits, here are a few tips:

1. Start a renewable energy project on your land, such as:
   1. Tree farming.
   2. Grass planting.
   3. Conservation tillage.
2. Get the soil tested before and after the offset project is implemented.
3. Register with the Chicago Climate Exchange as an Offset Provider.
   • You must meet qualifications outlined on the Chicago Climate Exchange website.

• Offset firms sell carbon credits to companies who want to voluntarily offset their carbon emissions.

1. Register with the Chicago Climate Exchange as an Offset Aggregator.
2. Estimate companies emissions.
3. Offer companies the opportunity to offset their emissions by buying carbon credits.

• If a company emits less carbon dioxide than its voluntary or mandatory allowance, it can sell the difference. Companies may buy carbon credits because:

1. They can not afford the improvements necessary to reduce emissions.
2. They are a "green" (or environmentally-friendly) company.
3. Public approval.

• Selling carbon credits offers companies and individuals the opportunity to make money while helping improve carbon emissions. Eventually, environmentalists hope that emissions trading will stop climate change.

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• Introduction
• What is a Carbon Credit?
• Farmers and Carbon Credits
• Carbon Offset Firms
• Company Carbon Trading
• Conclusion