According to the World Health Organization (WHO), ambient (outdoor) air pollution in both cities and rural areas caused an estimated 3.7 million premature deaths worldwide in 2012, the majority of which were due to heart disease and strokes
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Whould it not be better to implement a credit program that rewards companies for voluntarily reducing their carbon emissions, rather than penalize companies that release too much?
What is a carbon credit?
A carbon credit is the financial term used for the reduction of one metric tonne of CO2 emissions.
Millions of people struggle with Health issues regarding respiratory problems and sinuses on a daily and annual basis because of the release of harmful gases in the air. It also has an effect on the climate change patterns in and around the world.As the name implies, the voluntary carbon markets involves purchases that are made voluntarily to enable businesses, governments, and individuals to offset their emissions by purchasing carbon offsets.
The Backround of Greenhouse Gasses
The ultimate objective of the Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) is to achieve "... stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate sytem.