Mitigation

The release of greenhouse gases and/or their precursors into the atmosphere at a specific area and over a specified period.

Negotiable credit in the international carbon market originated from clean development mechanism (CDM) projects.

It corresponds to the increase of greenhouse gas emissions that occur outside the limit of the clean development mechanism (CDM) project activity and which, at the same time, is measurable and attributable to the project activity. The leakage is deducted from the...