Introduction

The lowering of greenhouse gas omissions while continuing to grow as an industrialized society is one of the world's most widely discussed and controversial issues. Carbon markets, in the broadest sense, turn the power to pollute into a credit that can be bought or sold. They've been around in various forms since the 19 nineties, and debates on their efficacy have raged ever since. To day, we are going to explore the carbon markets, because in 20 22 and beyond, they are likely to be a major part of our world's efforts to reduce omissions.