Clean technology, also called cleantech or climate tech, refers to products, services, and processes that reduce negative environmental impacts through improved energy efficiency, sustainable resource
Fully electric car charging its battery at a public charging station
Wind turbines in a field in Spain
Farmer using crops for biofuel
A carbon credit is a tradable instrument that conveys a claim to have avoided greenhouse gas emissions or to have enhanced removal of GHG from the atmosphere. One carbon credit represents the avoided
Clean technology
…purification, and biofuels. Environmental finance is a method by which new clean technology projects can obtain financing through the generation of carbon credits. A project that is developed with concern for climate change mitigation is also known as a carbon project. While the expanding industry has grown rapidly…
Renewable energy projects, such as these wind turbines near Aalborg, Denmark, constitute one common type of carbon offset project.
Chicago Climate Justice activists protesting cap and trade legislation in front of Chicago Climate Exchange building in Chicago Loop