JP2007518197A5

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Publication number: JP2007518197A5
Application number: JP2006549632A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2005-01-14
Publication date: 2008-03-06

Claims

A method for facilitating transactions between participants in emission allowances and offsets, comprising:
Establishing an emission reduction schedule for the participant based on the emission information provided by the participant;
Determining debit or credit for each participant to achieve the reduction schedule,
The participant includes a voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reducer and an environmental protector.

The method of claim 1, wherein the voluntary GHG emission reducers include industrial associations, environmental guardians include non-industrial associations, and the voluntary GHG emission reducers obtain at least a portion of their debit in the environment Obtaining from a guardian, the method further comprises conducting a transaction between the participants.

A computer system for facilitating transactions between participants in emission allowances and offsets,
Means for a participant to establish an emission reduction schedule based on the emission information provided by the participant;
Means for determining a debit or credit for each participant to achieve the reduction schedule;
The computer system characterized in that the participants include voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reducers and environmental protectors.

4. The computer system of claim 3, wherein the participant is a voluntary GHG emission reducer, and the system is further a debit or credit representing emission reductions based on emission information or environmental guardian activity. A computer system comprising means for allowing each participant to conduct a debit or credit transaction between participants in order to implement an emission reduction schedule.

In a method of calculating the equivalent value of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or emission reductions based on energy consumption or energy saving activities,
Providing an energy consumption or saving activity feature associated with a type of energy activity and associated with a selectable activity unit (activity unit);
Requesting activity data having the selected activity unit;
Determining a function to convert the activity data into an equivalent value of GHG emissions or GHG emissions reduction based on the type of energy activity and the selected activity unit;
Calculating the equivalent value of one of GHG emissions and GHG emission reduction based on the function according to a standard value that facilitates transactions between participants.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the function is based at least in part on a location characteristic associated with a geographic location of energy activity and associated with a selectable geographic location.

In a method of reducing environmental destruction by generating tradeable greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or the equivalent value of emission reductions,
Calculating the equivalent value of GHG emissions for the first participant by the method of claim 5;
And allowing the first participant to obtain an equivalent value of GHG emission reduction in an amount at least equivalent to the calculated GHG emission in order to reduce environmental destruction.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first participant is a voluntary GHG emission reducer, the second participant is an environmental protector, and the method further comprises:
Calculating an equivalent value of GHG emission reduction for a second participant by providing activity data based on energy consumption activity and associated with a selectable activity unit;
A factor for converting the activity data into the equivalent value of the GHG emission reduction, based on the energy consumption activity and the activity unit selected to calculate the equivalent value of the GHG emission reduction. Applying the factors
Trading the equivalent value of GHG emissions or GHG emissions reduction between the first and second participants;
And wherein the voluntary GHG emission reducer is able to reduce GHG emission.

In a method of managing a market for trading the equivalent value of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or emission reductions,
Receiving a request for a transaction in the market from a participant;
Based on the request, requesting the participant to provide information regarding the amount of GHG emissions or GHG emission reductions that they wish to trade; and
Registering the participants so that they can trade the equivalent value of GHG emissions or GHG emissions reduction on the market;
A method characterized by comprising:

The method of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises:
Receiving from the participant activity data based on energy consumption or savings and associated with the selected activity unit;
A factor for converting the activity data into the equivalent value of the GHG emission reduction, the energy consumption activity selected to calculate the GHG emission or the equivalent value of the GHG emission reduction and the activity Applying a unit-based factor to check whether the equivalent value of the GHG emission or GHG emission reduction to be traded by the participant is accurate;
A method characterized by comprising:

In a method of adopting standards in the generation, maintenance and operation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions trading market,
The trading market,
To trade carbon financial instruments including at least one of allowances, offsets, and early action credits,
To reduce emissions, including baseline emission information and the type of equipment included,
For a desirable offset project,
Due to trading restrictions, including single farm sale restrictions,
For the truthful procedure of the year,
A method comprising establishing and operating using criteria for emissions and project quantization and for maximum permitted sales.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the export reduction further comprises a sector-variable emission mitigation schedule and emission monitoring protocol, wherein the desired emission information includes waste disposal offset, agricultural methane offset, forest offset, soil offset, And at least one of the compensated emission reductions.

An electronic auction executed on a computer network or manually, wherein the auction is an electronic auction for the purchase and sale of greenhouse gases in an emission reduction and trading system;
An auction pool of greenhouse gas allowances received from an auction reserve or allowance offset;
An auction for greenhouse gases in the auction pool, received electronically or manually via a network;
A processor for determining a winner of an auction based on predetermined parameters, communicating auction results to a member account registered for transfer of allowances, and based on the participant's contribution to the auction, the participant An auction characterized by consisting of a processor configured to return profits to.

In a computerized method for promoting emission reductions,
Voluntarily registering a participant with a configured entity;
Defining an emission reduction schedule for each registered participant based on emission information in the past years provided by each registered participant, over an emission reduction schedule over a predetermined period of several years or more When,
Discharge allowance, discharge offset. And defining tradeable financial instruments including credits;
Illuminating a tradeable emission allowance for each registered participant based on the defined emission reduction schedule;
Collecting emission data for each participant who has been won for each year of the predetermined period;
Contrasting the collected emission data with corresponding data in a defined emission reduction schedule of the participant for each year during the predetermined period;
Determining a yearly debit or credit for each registered participant during the predetermined period based on the results of the comparison step;
Based on the determination in the determination step, each registered participant is allowed to have a financial instrument that can be traded if the participant's annual emissions exceed the data in the defined emission reduction schedule. Billing the amount and penalizing the participant, the participant being required to purchase a tradeable financial instrument to follow the export reduction schedule; and
Based on the decision in the decision step, each registered participant is given an amount of financial instruments that can be traded if the participant's annual emissions are less than the data in the defined emission reduction schedule. Crediting and rewarding the participant, allowing the participant to trade or accumulate tradeable financial instruments;
A method characterized by comprising:

15. The method of claim 14, wherein defining the emission reduction schedule includes generating an emission reduction baseline based on actual emissions, and obtaining a tradeable financial instrument, whereby the export reduction schedule. A method comprising the steps of: obtaining each registered participant who is worthy of each other; and adjusting the baseline based on an emission factor change as it occurs. .

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of confirming whether a registered participant properly provides emission data that achieves emission reductions in accordance with the defined emission reduction schedule. A method characterized by comprising.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein oxidation by registered participants is across multiple countries and transactions are conducted over the internet.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the export reduction schedule is defined for the next four years and is based on emissions information for the past four years.