Glossaries

Environmental commodity markets, often called green trading markets, cover a range of sectors and draw on the technical expertise of a variety of disciplines. Explanation of basic ideas and terminology is available from sources on the Internet, including the following:

California Energy Commission
http://www.energy.ca.gov/glossary/index.html

Cantor Environmental Brokerage
http://www.emissionstrading.com/Resources/default.asp?id=758

Evolution Markets
http://www.evomarkets.com/index.html

GreenFacts.org
http://www.greenfacts.org/studies/climate_change/toolboxes/glossary.htm

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
http://www.ipcc.ch/pub/gloss.htm

Pew Center on Global Climate Change
http://www.pewclimate.org/global-warming-basics/full_glossary/terms_a.cfm

SafeClimate
http://www.safeclimate.net/newsandlibrary/library.php?section=glossary

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Trading Basics
http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/trading/basics/#what

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Climate Change
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/uniqueKeyLookup/
SHSU5BUMCG/$file/glossary.pdf?OpenElement

Organizational Resources

Environmental market participants include private businesses and public organizations, established corporations and emerging players. The following is a selection of entities with websites that contain information relating to some aspect of green trading.

Trading-Related Organizations

Chicago Climate Exchange
http://www.chicagoclimateexchange.com

CO2e.com
http://www.co2e.com

EcoSecurities
http://www.ecosecurities.com

Emissions Marketing Association
http://www.emissions.org

Emissions Trading Handbook
http://www.etei.org

Environmental Resources Trust (ERT)
http://www.ert.net

Environmental Trading Network
http://www.envtn.org

European Union Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/climat/emission.htm

Evolution Markets
http://www.evomarkets.com

Green-e
http://www.green-e.org/

International Emissions Trading Association
http://www.ieta.org

Natsource
http://www.natsource.com

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Clean Air Markets
Clean Air Markets (http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/index.html)
Allowance Trading (http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/trading/index.html)
Cap-and-trade (http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/capandtrade/index.html)

U.S. Regional Organizations and Initiatives

California Climate Action Registry
http://www.climateregistry.org

Clean Air-Cool Planet
http://www.cleanair-coolplanet.org

(The) Climate Trust
http://www.climatetrust.org

NESCAUM (Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management)
http://www.nescaum.org

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
(An Initiative of the Northeast & Mid-Atlantic States of the U.S.)
http://www.rggi.org

South Coast Air Quality Management District 's RECLAIM
(REgional CLean Air Incentives Market)
http://www.aqmd.gov/reclaim

Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC) –
The Houston/Galveston Area (HGA) NOx Emission Allowance Program
http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/subject/subject_air.html

West Coast Governors' Global Warming Initiative
http://ef.org/westcoastclimate

U.S. Government

Agriculture and Climate Change at U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/land/pubs/ib3text.html

Carbon Sequestration Program, U.S. Department of Energy
http://fossil.energy.gov/programs/sequestration

Carbon Sequestration in Terrestrial Ecosystems (CSiTE),
U.S. Department of Energy
http://csite.esd.ornl.gov/index.html

Clean Air Markets, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/index.html

Climate Change Research Division, U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.science.doe.gov/ober/CCRD_top.html

Defense Environmental Network and Information Exchange (DENIX)
http://www.denix.osd.mil/denix/Public/Library/Climate/cseq.html

Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
http://ers.usda.gov/briefing/globalclimate/index.htm

Energy Information Administration Energy Glossary, U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.eia.doe.gov/glossary

Global Change Research Information Office
http://www.gcrio.org/

Global Change Research Program
http://www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/default.htm

Global Warming, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/index.html

Goddard Institute for Space Studies
http://www.giss.nasa.gov/

Government Climate Information and Services
http://www.climateservices.gov/

National Energy Technology Laboratory, Climate Change Policy Support, U.S. Department of Energy
http://www.netl.doe.gov/products/ccps/ref_shelf.html

National Position Papers, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
http://yosemite.epa.gov/oar/globalwarming.nsf/content/
ResourceCenterPublicationsPositionPapers.html

U. S. Department of Energy (DOE)
http://www.energy.gov

White House Policy on “Ensuring Reliable, Affordable and Environmentally-Sound Energy”
http://www.whitehouse.gov/energy

White House Policy – Global Climate Change Policy Book
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/02/climatechange.html

More Resources

American Forests
http://www.americanforests.org/resources/ccc

CDMCapacity.org
http://www.cdmcapacity.org/index.htm

Center for Resource Solutions
http://www.resource-solutions.org/

Clean Development Mechanism
(United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
http://cdm.unfccc.int

ClimateBiz
http://www.climatebiz.com/

Climate Change Capital
http://www.climatechangecapital.co.uk

Climate Change Central
http://www.climatechangecentral.com

CO2 Capture Project
http://www.co2captureproject.com

Ecosystem Marketplace
http://ecosystemmarketplace.net/index.php

European Commission – Environment
http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/index_en.htm

Environmental and Energy Study Institute
http://www.eesi.org/index.html

Forest Trends
http://www.forest-trends.org

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
http://www.ipcc.ch

International Climate Change Partnership
http://www.iccp.net/

International Institute for Sustainable Development
http://www.iisd.org

(The) Katoomba Group
http://www.katoombagroup.org

MIT Carbon Capture and Sequestration Technologies Program
http://sequestration.mit.edu

MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change
http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www

Natural Resources Defense Council – Clean Air and Energy
http://www.nrdc.org/air/energy/default.asp

North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation
http://www.cec.org/programs_projects/trade_environ_econ/greening-trade/energy.cfm

Pacific Institute
http://www.pacinst.org/topics/water_and_sustainability/climate_change/

Pew Center on Global Climate Change
http://www.pewclimate.org

Prototype Carbon Fund
http://carbonfinance.org/pcf/router.cfm?Page=Home

Rocky Mountain Institute – Energy
http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid17.php

Smithsonian Institution
http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmnh/ecology.htm

UNEP Climate Change
http://climatechange.unep.net

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
http://unfccc.int

World Energy Council
http://www.worldenergy.org/wec-geis

World Resources Institute – Climate Change
http://climate.wri.org

World Wildlife Fund – Climate Change
http://www.worldwildlife.org/climate

Worldwatch Institute – Reducing the Threat of Climate Change in the U.S.: A Survey of Activities
http://www.worldwatch.org/features/climate/activities