[CDM] status of the world’s leading Climate Exchange

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The Earth is gradually warming; and 66-year-old Richard – Saunders (Richard Sandor) are also more and more rich.

The current “carbon emission permits,” the transaction is booming in Europe, and Sander, founded in London, called Climate Exchange (Climate Exchange PLC) is one of the leading companies. The so-called carbon permits row refers to the purchase and sale of carbon dioxide emissions. Since 2005, the European Union has asked the major pollution in the region or country to cut carbon dioxide emissions, or purchase on the open market at the limit of sewage.

On the open market is a lot of trading at the Stock Exchange was founded on sand the finish. Saunders had the United States are the University of California at Berkeley professor, and later transformed and became a hobby to engage in climate change, social entrepreneurs transactions.

With the public awareness of environmental protection has been strengthened a lot of investors see the business opportunities, or to participate in their trade of energy commodities, or the creation of wind power company, and sand is one of the most successful investors. Oslo is located in the market research organization, said Point Carbon, carbon emission permit trading of the total value of last year almost doubled, reaching 40 billion euros, or about 60 billion U.S. dollars. These transactions include both publicly traded, but also in private over-the-counter transactions, the latter one of the majority.

Not long ago, the Climate Exchange has issued a notice that the revenue growth in 2007 has tripled, to 13.6 million pounds, or about 27 million U.S. dollars, and its stock price immediately rose by 16%. The company currently handle about 90% of the market on carbon emission trading, the market value of about 13.1 billion U.S. dollars. Sander’s 20% of book value of shares more than 260 million U.S. dollars.

This is a business theory and the strange combination of environmentalism. “Right-wing people always doubt me are the environmentalists to protect the trees, and left those who are accusing me of the profit motive of capitalists,” said Sander. Him early nineties in the last century has developed a market trading system, aimed at reducing pollutants cause acid rain.

Carbon emission trading has also attracted strong interest from competitors. One month of this year, NYSE Euronext Stock Exchange Group (NYSE Euronext) launched its own carbon-emission exchanges, the global exchange of such a quantity of at least eight. The New York Mercantile Exchange (New York Mercantile Exchange) in order to “enormous growth potential” as an excuse to the first quarter of this year to enter the field.

Down one of the main “battlefield” will be the United States. The U.S. Congress is currently engaged in a heated debate, set up to examine the feasibility of a system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Legislators to consider a system similar to those adopted in 1997, the Kyoto Protocol, which was launched by the United Nations, in order to add the 175 agreement approved by the Member States set a goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions. EU’s Kyoto Protocol, the plan is the first test, and begin this year on the industry limit the introduction of carbon dioxide emissions.

So far, the United States have not yet acceded to the Kyoto Protocol. However, the former Democratic and Republican candidates for the three major presidential candidates have said they hope the United States to take further measures to deal with climate change, and is expected to set up a carbon emissions trading scheme.

Carbon dioxide emissions permit trading with gold, oil and Nan Pig transactions, such as some kind of similar merchandise. Government issued emission permits for each one to give the holder the amount of tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions. Climate Exchange from commissions earned per transaction and charge a membership fee.

Europe’s “total control and emissions trading” (cap and trade) program attempts to give economic incentives to polluters to reduce pollution. Government gas emissions limit, the upper limit of the enterprises can not put the hands of the pollution limits are willing to spend money to sell to other businesses pay for the pollution. Over time, the Government will reduce the emission caps, which continue to improve over the cost of pollution.

About 70% of the carbon dioxide emissions permits are still in private transactions in the over-the-counter, mainly related to enterprises and financial institutions. And individual buyers and sellers compared to look for, usually in exchange-traded and more effective. But for the larger transactions, many companies and private banks are still willing to finish, so as not to put the news leaked to competitors, or just getting started in this market has given rise to severe fluctuations.

Nevertheless, the Stock Exchange of sand is still the plan are the pillars of the financial system. It allows enterprises, especially as power stations, steel plants and cement manufacturers of industrial giants such as know the current price of carbon dioxide as well as the forward price. Hedge funds and other investors have the opportunity to carry out speculative trading emissions permits, just like gold and stocks.

Some economists are in favor of the means of a carbon tax to limit pollution, including Nobel laureates, economists Joseph? Stiglitz (Joseph Stiglitz) and former President Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Gregory? Mankiw (Gregory Mankiw). They believe that a carbon tax more transparent and less vulnerable to those who strive for higher emissions of the target upper limit of the impact of industry lobbying.

Last month, by the United States Congressional Budget Office (Congressional Budget Office) released a report that a carbon tax can achieve the same effect of restrictions on emissions, and total cost control and emissions trading, “a small part.” Simple carbon tax costs, and the market is not set up.

Carbon emission permits other transactions aimed at criticism of the design such as sand and operate a financial market genius. “Financial resources are re-allocated to the banks and dealers, rather than for technological innovation to reduce emissions,” Italian economic think-tank of the Istituto Bruno Leoni Carlo? Star that Europe (Carlo Stagnaro) pointed out. He had just on the EU’s carbon dioxide emissions trading system published article.

The existing system in Europe shows that less than the above. Initially, the pressure forced the government enterprise, after paying the excessive carbon dioxide emissions permits, so that the business does not immediately reduce the gas emissions of power.

The system in Europe from the development to the implementation of only three years, there are no emissions of carbon dioxide have a clear deterrent effect. However, carbon emission trading and business is booming, to the banks and the dealers as well as sand in all the exchanges set up a huge profit. Power companies and heavy industry to continue to buy substantial amount of carbon emission in order to earn from the difference in price fluctuations, to avoid long-term risk, to meet the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol.

Robert? Stevens (Robert Stavins) are Harvard University’s Kennedy Institute of the Environment Administration economist. He recognized the European carbon emission trading market is not perfect, but for those who finance the same time, he defended people. “We can fight climate change are the only way to allow businesses and individuals seeking to profit from the opportunity,” he said.

This is done Sander. “I am a venture capitalist, we must create value for shareholders,” he recently Ritz hotel in London, said in an interview. “I think he is an environmentalist, but I will not be compromised by day-to-day impact of the work.”

Keep short hair, clothing, pay attention to the sand this is a professor at the University of California at Berkeley to teach economic and financial study. Teaching, he made up in the market interest rates, mortgage payments and other transactions that intangible assets.

Later, at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, he is responsible for the development of financial futures markets, which become famous. Today, he and his wife, the artist who lived in Chicago, the walls of his house full of his collection of photographic works of the twentieth century.

At lot of people have never heard of global warming before the carbon dioxide set up sand on the brewing market. In 1992, the United Nations, held in Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, he submitted an academic paper to explore how to use market mechanisms to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

About that meeting, Saunders recalled, “was wearing a tie-dye clothes than take part in the concert band Grateful Dead also many people, it is a sport.” Indeed, the conference in 1997 for the birth of the Kyoto Protocol laid the foundation.

In Brazil on the beach, eating sand shrimp, a sip cocktails Carolina horse-kai, a sudden set up their own mind the exchange of carbon dioxide. “I know how to open up new markets,” he thought. “I have done before.”

In the late nineties, he finally had the opportunity to wait, or the opportunity he thought had come. At that time, the world is beginning to sign the Kyoto Protocol.

Saunders thought that the United States will sign the protocol, so he formed the Chicago Climate Exchange, the United States think of the carbon dioxide emissions trade flourished. However, shortly after Bush took office, the Government refused to sign the agreement announced, on the grounds that this would weaken the competitiveness of enterprises in the United States, because China and India and other developing countries not subject to any restrictions on emissions.

Thunder shattered the dream. Do not add because of the agreement, U.S. companies do not have to cut carbon dioxide emissions. He also created the Stock Exchange lost a necessary existence.

However, Saunders did not give up, he decided to replace the Chicago Climate Exchange, a system that allows businesses to organize themselves spontaneously to reduce carbon emission. In 2003, he served as an insurance manager in London, Friends of Neil? Echovirus special (Neil Eckert) together, put in all the experience accumulated by the United States to Europe to use. At that time, Europe has just begun to establish their own trading systems. Therefore, they set up in London, an independent carbon trading market, known as the European Climate Exchange ─ ─ (European Climate Exchange). Egypt can serve as the special was the Chief Executive Officer since.

Sander holds a trump card in the hands of: he was a director of Intercontinental Exchange. Responsible for the operation of Europe’s leading energy exchange, trading oil, natural gas and electricity. Security as a share of the revenue part of the agreement, ICE agreed to put new sand in its European Climate Exchange Trading System.

Climate Exchange for the deal to beat rival the success of the contribution made: with the ICE by the marriage of a sudden, the merchandise to dealers in Europe have apparently succumbed behind.

Climate Exchange began trading in 2005 at the beginning, along the way is not smooth. May 12, 2006, the EU regulators released figures show governments issued emission permits carbon consumption is much higher than the actual market for this shock. One of Sweden’s real carbon emission permits issued by the Government than about 10% lower; Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and France also almost.

The announcement the same day, Merrill Lynch (Merrill Lynch) is responsible for carbon emission trading director Abid? Kamari (Abyd Karmali) is in Cologne, Germany to attend a meeting about the carbon market. It was crowded in front of computer, saw prices fall.

“The accident too,” said Kamari. “People are panic-stricken traders to call to give.”

In just three years, prices of carbon dioxide by 60%. Kamari on the sand that these events are a test of the Stock Exchange. “It to us that the exchange mechanism is functioning, the market can bear the impact of the future.”

European regulatory bodies have also learned a lesson, then cut the upper limit.

European carbon emission trading market development, Sander also grow the company. Not long ago, the company said its trading in London and Chicago, both growth and its stock price in London GEM increased by 16% to 1441 pence (about 28.89 U.S. dollars). However, its profit outlook remains bleak: the company’s net loss last year, 4.1 million pounds, even though the previous year a loss of 10.5 million pounds compared to a lot of good.

Sander at the company even though the rapid development of the European carbon emission trading market has a prominent position, but in the sea of commodity trading is only a little spray. Company based in London’s financial district of a small office, squeezed into a dozen large office staff office, the carpet old and broken.

The Exchange is not a traditional trading floor, the actual transactions are conducted online. Over all banks in the world of the traders at the installation of a computer software Climate Exchange, so as long as the mouse will be able to trade carbon emission permits the.

Those ads must adhere to the Kyoto Protocol, businesses can exchange trade climate. For example, the hands of a German public utility companies have excess amount of carbon emission, and is willing to sell to the purchase there is a demand for Japanese steel mills. The deal by the Stock Exchange settlement and the role of acting as a guarantor, so as to reduce the credit risk of buyers and sellers.

At present, a carbon emission in 2008 permits the holder to allow a ton of carbon dioxide emissions, the market price of 22 euros was slightly lower than a year ago the price was 17 euros.

The end of each year, the company monitoring protocol should have a copy of the corresponding carbon emission permits, indicating the total carbon emission. Based on business factors such as scale, a common year coal power plant carbon dioxide emissions to 5,000,000 tons from 15 million tons range.

On the sand, if the United States set up its own greenhouse gas emission reduction system, the Exchange will face him a strong impact on competitors. Analysts estimate that the United States of scale carbon trading market would be around three times in Europe, so much wealth will inevitably lead to competition.

“We will remain successful,” said Sander. Special to him and the Egyptian leader is now trying to step in, seize the other emerging markets.

Last year, 12 months, with China National Petroleum Corporation (China National Petroleum Corp) signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing intends to set up a carbon trading platform scheduled. In India, they also are trying to set up a spontaneous exchange market, similar to set up a decade ago at the Chicago one.

“We put the field unknown as an opportunity rather than an obstacle.” Sander said.

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