ACRP Report 57:

The Carbon Market: A Primer for Airports

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Size: 82 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:2011

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Melissa Ritter; Greg Bertelsen; Zoe Haseman; Transportation Research Board
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TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 57: The Carbon Market: A Primer for Airports provides information on carbon and other environmental credit trading markets, and highlights the potential opportunities and challenges to an airport's participation in these markets.

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Front Matter	i-ix
Summary	1-4	(skim)
Chapter 1 - Introduction and Background	5-5	(skim)
1.1 Overview of GHGs	6-7	(skim)
1.2 Overview of Carbon Markets and Instruments	8-8	(skim)
1.3 Carbon Projects at Airports	9-9	(skim)
1.4 Airport Constraints as Related to Carbon Credits and Other Revenue Opportunities	10-11	(skim)
1.4.2 Airport Layout Plan and Compatible Land Use	12-12	(skim)
1.4.3 Use Agreements and Bond Resolutions	13-13	(skim)
2.1 Offset Credit Origination	14-14	(skim)
2.1.2 Methane Destruction	15-16	(skim)
2.1.3 Land Use Changes	17-19	(skim)
2.1.4 Industrial Pollutants	20-20	(skim)
2.1.5 Energy Efficiency	21-22	(skim)
2.2 Voluntary Carbon Markets and Initiatives	23-23	(skim)
2.2.1 Offset-Based Programs	24-24	(skim)
2.2.2 Legally Binding Voluntary Programs	25-25	(skim)
2.3 Role of the GHG Inventory in Airport Carbon Management	26-28	(skim)
3.1 State and Regional Regulatory Compliance Markets	29-29	(skim)
3.1.1 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative	30-30	(skim)
3.1.3 Western Climate Initiative	31-31	(skim)
3.2.2 Regulatory Approaches	32-33	(skim)
4.1 Global Compliance Carbon Market Overview	34-35	(skim)
4.1.1 European Union	36-36	(skim)
4.1.2 New Zealand	37-37	(skim)
4.1.4 Developing and Emerging Economies	38-38	(skim)
5.1 Renewable Energy Certificates	39-40	(skim)
5.2 REC Markets	41-45	(skim)
5.3 Voluntary Airport Low Emission Program (VALE)	48-48	(skim)
5.3.2 RECs and AERCs	49-50	(skim)
6.1 Implications of Retiring and Trading Environmental Instruments	51-51	(skim)
6.2 Overview of Carbon and Environmental Instrument Trading	52-52	(skim)
6.2.2 Wholesale Brokers	53-53	(skim)
6.2.3 Retail Brokers	54-54	(skim)
6.3 Offtake Demand Drivers	55-57	(skim)
References	58-59	(skim)
Acronyms	60-61	(skim)
Glossary	62-72	(skim)
Abbreviations used without definitions in TRB publications	73-73	(skim)

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TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 57: The Carbon Market: A Primer for Airports provides information on carbon and other environmental credit trading markets, and highlights the potential opportunities and challenges to an airport's participation in these markets.

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The Carbon Market: A Primer for Airports

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