In urban areas, green infrastructure (GI) has been widely developed utilizing different types
of engineered soil to enhance ecosystem functions to interact with soil dissolved organic …

A key component of California's cap-and-trade program is the use of carbon offsets as
compliance instruments for reducing statewide GHG emissions. Under this program, offsets …

Given the growing evidence and scientific consensus on global climate change, carbon
emission trading schemes (ETS) have been deemed crucial in mitigating the problem …

Abstract Payments for Environmental or Ecosystem Services (PES) schemes have become a
popular tool to address environmental degradation and to promote sustainable …

Recent changes to US Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations that allow for
credit banking and trading have created new opportunities for lowering the cost of meeting …

A fundamental policy design choice in government-led climate change mitigation is: what
role should flexibility mechanisms like carbon offsetting play in reducing greenhouse gas …

Conservation payments lead to improvement in environmental quality only if farmers and
ranchers who receive them adopt conservation practices that would not have been adopted …

Concerns over the additionality of carbon sequestration achieved through voluntary carbon
market have threatened offset market credibility and stability. There is an urgent need to …

Voluntary emissions offset programs between developing and industrialized countries suffer
from adverse selection, because participants will self-select into the program. In contrast …

Incorporating carbon offsets in the design of cap-and-trade programs remains a
controversial issue because of its potential unintended impacts on emissions. At the heart of …